Pathogenesis of marked pituitary enlargement and increased serum thyroid-stimulating hormone in primary hypothyroidism

Thyroid

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-102

  Eiland, Leslie ^a   Oyesiku, Nelson M ^a   Ritchie, James C ^b   Isaacs, Scott ^a   Ioachimescu, Adriana G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; COLD TOLERANCE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAIR LOSS; HEADACHE; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PERIMETRY; PITUITARY ENLARGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PITUITARY GLAND; THYROTROPIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855441566     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: 15579077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2011.0237     Document Type: Letter

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