Pituitary and systemic autoimmunity in a case of intrasellar germinoma

Pituitary

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 388-394

  Gutenberg, Angelika ^a   Bell, Jennifer J ^b   Lupi, Isabella ^c   Tzou, Shey Cherng ^d   Landek Salgado, Melissa A ^d   Kimura, Hiroaki ^d   Su, Jack ^b   Karaviti, Lefkothea P ^b   Salvatori, Roberto ^e   Caturegli, Patrizio ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Germinoma; Hypophysitis; Pituitary antibodies

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE PLACENTA ISOENZYME; CELL ANTIGEN; DESMOPRESSIN; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PREDNISOLONE; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN BIOPSY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSITIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTIC CHIASM; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHILD; DIABETES INSIPIDUS, NEUROGENIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SELLA TURCICA;

EID: 80053916377     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: 15737403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-009-0187-x     Document Type: Article

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