Articles by author - Yi-Ming Mu

A patient with essential hypernatremia had good response to desmopressin acetate therapy.

Guo Q, Lu J, Mu Y, Dou J, Pan C.

Case Reports 2010; 31(5): 588-593 PubMed PMID: 21173753  Keywords:  Adolescent, Antidiuretic Agents:therapeutic use, Arginine Vasopressin:agonists, Deamino Arginine Vasopressin:therapeutic use, Diabetes Insipidus, Neurogenic:blood, Diagnosis, Differential, Drinking, Humans, Hypernatremia:blood, Male, Osmolar Concentration.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: Essential hypernatremia is very rare in clinical practice and the pathogenesis is unclear. We performed a set of clinical test.....

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The endocrine and metabolic evaluation of benign symmetrical lipomatosis: a case report and literature review.

Gu W, Dou J, Yang G, Li J, Ba J, Lu Z, Mu Y, Lu J.

Case Reports 2010; 31(4): 446-450 PubMed PMID: 20802440  Keywords:  Glucose Clamp Technique, Humans, Insulin Resistance, Lipomatosis, Multiple Symmetrical:diagnosis, Liver:pathology, Male, Middle Aged,.    Citation

OBJECTIVE: Benign symmetrical lipomatosis (BSL) is a rare disease characterized by the presence of multiple, symmetric and nonencapsulated.....

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Lymphocytic hypophysitis with dacryoadenitis in a male patient: non-invasive diagnosis and high-dose methylprednisolone pulse therapy.

Lu Z, Li J, Ba J, Yang G, Dou J, Mu Y, Lu J.

Case Reports 2009; 30(6): 700-704 PubMed PMID: 20038929  Keywords:  Dacryocystitis:drug therapy, Glucocorticoids:administration & dosage, Humans, Hypopituitarism:drug therapy, Lymphocytes:pathology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Methylprednisolone:administration & dosage, Middle Aged, Pulse Therapy, Drug, Treatment Ou.    Citation

OBJECTIVE: Lymphocytic hypophysitis (LH) is a rare autoimmune disorder associated with lymphocytic cell infiltration of the pituitary. It .....

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A case of relapsed autoimmune hypothalamitis successfully treated with methylprednisolone and azathioprine.

Wang X, Lu J, Yang L, Lü Z, Dou J, Mu Y, Pan C.

Case Reports 2008; 29(6): 874-876 PubMed PMID: 19112420  Keywords:  Aged, Anti-Inflammatory Agents:therapeutic use, Autoimmune Diseases:complications, Azathioprine:therapeutic use, Diabetes Insipidus:etiology, Female, Humans, Hypothalamic Diseases:complications, Immunosuppressive Agents:therapeutic use, Methylprednisolone.    Citation

: Autoimmune hypothalamitis is a rare autoimmune neuroendocirne disease. A case of a 70-year-old female with autoimmune hypothalamitis was.....

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