Necrotizing infundibulo-hypophysitis: An entity too rare to be true?

Pituitary

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 202-208

  Gutenberg, Angelika ^a   Caturegli, Patrizio ^b   Metz, Imke ^a   Martinez, Ramon ^a   Mohr, Alexander ^a   Brück, Wolfgang ^a   Rohde, Veit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Hypophysitis; Necrosis; Pituitary infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSITIS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NECK PAIN; NECROTIZING INFUNDIBULO HYPOPHYSITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY AMENORRHEA; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; NECROSIS; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR;

EID: 84861456919     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: 15737403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-011-0307-2     Document Type: Article

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