Abstract | OBJECTIVE: METHODS: A total of 170 consecutive outpatients with hypopituitarism and/or central DI were screened at Kobe University Hospital for detecting IgG4-related hypophysitis by pituitary magnetic resonance imaging, measuring serum IgG4 concentrations, assessing the involvement of other organs, and carrying out an immunohistochemical analysis to detect IgG4-positive cell infiltration. RESULTS: CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Hironori Bando, Genzo Iguchi, Hidenori Fukuoka, Masaaki Taniguchi, Masaaki Yamamoto, Ryusaku Matsumoto, Kentaro Suda, Hitoshi Nishizawa, Michiko Takahashi, Eiji Kohmura, Yutaka Takahashi |
Journal | European journal of endocrinology
(Eur J Endocrinol)
Vol. 170
Issue 2
Pg. 161-72
(Feb 2014)
ISSN: 1479-683X [Electronic] England |
PMID | 24165017
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Diabetes Insipidus, Neurogenic
(epidemiology)
- Female
- Humans
- Hypopituitarism
(epidemiology)
- Immunoglobulin G
(blood)
- Inflammation
(epidemiology)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pituitary Diseases
(epidemiology)
- Prevalence
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