ea0035oc12.3 | Pituitary Basic | ECE2014
Ricciuti Adriana
, De Remigis Alessandra
, Landek-Salgado Melissa A.
, De Vincentiis Ludovica
, Guaraldi Federica
, Lupi Isabella
, Iwama Shintaro
, Wand Gary S.
, Salvatori Roberto
, Caturegli Patrizio
Pituitary antibodies have been measured mainly to identify patients whose disease is caused or sustained by pituitary-specific autoimmunity. Although reported in over 100 publications, this antibody test has variable results and limited clinical utility. Our goals were to: identify major sources of variability; test them experimentally for establishing an optimized immunofluorescence protocol; assess prevalence and significance of pituitary antibodies in patients with pituitar...