A case of IgG4-related hypophysitis without pituitary insufficiency

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1808-1811

  Hattori, Yujiro ^a   Tahara, Shigeyuki ^a   Ishii, Yudo ^a   Kitamura, Takayuki ^a   Inomoto, Chie ^b   Osamura, Robert Yoshiyuki ^c   Teramoto, Akira ^a,d   Morita, Akio ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c International University of Health and Welfare Mita Hospital   (Japan)

^d TOKYO ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOPHYSITIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 RELATED DISEASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 RELATED HYPOPHYSITIS; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INFUNDIBULOHYPOPHYSITIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY GLAND ENLARGEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND; PREDNISOLONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877688673     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2013-1088     Document Type: Article

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