Growth hormone and proopiomelanocortin are targeted by autoantibodies in a patient with biopsy-proven IgG4-related hypophysitis

Pituitary

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 412-419

  Landek Salgado, M A ^a   Leporati, P ^a,b   Lupi, I ^c   Geis, A ^a   Caturegli, P ^a,d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Growth hormone; Hypophysitis; Pituitary antibodies; Pituitary autoantigens; Proopiomelanocortin

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PEPTIDE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSITIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 RELATED HYPOPHYSITIS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PITUITARY DISEASES; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN;

EID: 84867402358     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: 15737403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-011-0338-8     Document Type: Article

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