Pituitary autoimmune disease: Nuances in clinical presentation

Endocrine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-79

  Glezer, A ^a   Bronstein, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Central diabetes insipidus; Hypophysitis; Hypopituitarism; Lymphocytic hypophysitis; Pituitary autoimmune disease; Pituitary disease

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; AZATHIOPRINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HORMONE ANTIBODY; PITUITARY ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPHYSITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC ADENOHYPOPHYSITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC HYPOPHYSITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFUNDIBULONEUROHYPOPHYSITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC PANHYPOPHYSITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 84865014054     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-012-9654-7     Document Type: Review

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