Blunted nocturnal TSH surge does not indicate central hypothyroidism in patients after pituitary surgery

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-92

  Monig H ^a,b   Stracke, L ^a   Arendt, T ^a   Kloehn, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endocrine testing; Hypothyroidism; Pituitary tumors; Thyrotropin

Indexed keywords

HORMONE DERIVATIVE; LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; NIGHT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032997470     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1212080     Document Type: Article

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