A novel finding in MNGIE (Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalomyopathy): Hypergonadotropic hypogonadism

Hormones

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 377-379

  Kalkan, Ismail Hakki ^a   Tayfur, Öykü ^a   Öztaş, Erkin ^a   Beyazit, Yavuz ^a   Yildiz, Hakan ^a   Tunç, Bilge ^a  

^a TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hypergonadotropic hypogonadism; Mitochondrial myopathy; MNGIE

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; DUODENUM BIOPSY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GLUTEN FREE DIET; GYNECOMASTIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MNGIE SYNDROME; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PTOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REFLEX DISORDER; TENDON REFLEX; TESTIS SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 84864859207     PISSN: 11093099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14310/horm.2002.1368     Document Type: Article

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