Acute hypophysitis and hypopituitarism in Syphilis/HIV-coinfection in a 46-year old MSM: A case report
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CHRISTOPH D SPINNER, SEBASTIAN NOE, CHRISTIANE SCHWERDTFEGER, ANTONIA TODOROVA, JOCHEN GAA, ROLAND M SCHMID, DIRK H BUSCH, MICHAEL NEUENHAHN Department of Medicine II, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Department of Radiology and Interdisciplinary HIV Centre (IZAR) at UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL KLINIKUM RECHTS DER ISAR UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL KLINIKUM RECHTS DER ISAR, Ismaningerstr. 22, 81675 Munich UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL KLINIKUM RECHTS DER ISAR, Biedersteiner Str. 29, 80802 Munich,
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تاریخ انتشار 2013