Recovery of pituitary function in the late-postoperative phase after pituitary surgery: Results of dynamic testing in patients with pituitary disease by insulin tolerance test 3 and 12 months after surgery

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 853-859

  Berg, C ^a   Meinel, T ^a   Lahner, H ^a   Mann, K ^a   Petersenn, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; NEUTRAL INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77951663820     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-09-0997     Document Type: Article

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