Anterior pituitary hormone abnormalities following traumatic brain injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 937-946

  Schneider, Manfred ^a   Schneider, Harald Jörn ^a   Stalla, Günter Karl ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hormone deficiency; Hormone replacement; Hypopituitarism; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FATALITY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOPITUITARISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; PITUITARY HORMONES, ANTERIOR;

EID: 25444461097     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2005.22.937     Document Type: Review

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