Evaluation of pituitary function in the fatigued patient: A review of 59 cases

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 147-157

  Greenfield, Jerry R ^a   Samaras, Katherine ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CABERGOLINE; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE; GROWTH HORMONE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELIAC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; INSULIN HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSITIONAL DIZZINESS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY FUNCTION TESTS; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 32844473441     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.1.02010     Document Type: Article

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