Diagnosis and classification of autoimmune hypophysitis

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 4-5, 2014, Pages 412-416

  Falorni, Alberto ^a   Minarelli, Viviana ^a   Bartoloni, Elena ^b   Alunno, Alessia ^b   Gerli, Roberto ^b  

^a Section of Internal Medicine and Endocrine and Metabolic Sciences   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti pituitary autoantibodies; Diabetes insipidus; Enolase; Hyperprolactinemia; Hypopituitarism; Lymphocytic hypophysitis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ENOLASE; AUTOANTIGEN;

ACTH SECRETING CELL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE HYPOPHYSITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSITIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIMATE; REVIEW; SELLA TURCICA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTI-PITUITARY AUTOANTIBODIES; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ENOLASE; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPITUITARISM; LYMPHOCYTIC HYPOPHYSITIS;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND;

EID: 84896316602     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: 18730183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2014.01.021     Document Type: Review

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