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ENDOCRINE JOURNAL
Volume 50, Issue 6, Pages 697-702Publisher
JAPAN ENDOCRINE SOCIETY
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.50.697
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autoantibody; enolase; lymphocytic hypophysitis; pituitary adenoma
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A previous study reported a high prevalence of autoantibodies to alpha-enolase in lymphocytic hypophysitis and these antibodies efficiently distinguished lymphocytic hypophysitis from pituitary tumors. To confirm this, we examined autoantibodies to alpha-enolase in patients with lymphocytic hypophysitis (n = 17), pituitary non-functioning adenoma (n = 13), other pituitary diseases (n = 17) and other autoimmune diseases (n = 30), and compared to healthy controls (n = 46). Autoantibodies were found in 41.2%, 46.2%, 23.5%, 20.0% and 4.3%, respectively. Our findings indicate that detection of anti-alpha-enolase antibodies is not suitable for specific diagnosis of lymphocytic hypophysitis.
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