The rational use of pituitary stimulation tests;Sinnvolle hypophysenstimulationstests

Deutsches Arzteblatt

Volumn 107, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 437-443

  Petersenn, Stephan ^a   Quabbe, Hans Jürgen ^b   Schöfl, Christof ^c   Stalla, Günter K ^d   Von Werder, Klaus ^e   Buchfelder, Michael ^c  

^a Praxis für Endokrinologie Andrologie und Medikamentöse Tumortherapie   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^e Endokrinologikum   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

BODY MASS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GERMANY; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOPITUITARISM; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; REVIEW; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; MALE; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY FUNCTION TESTS; PITUITARY HORMONES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 77957816018     PISSN: 00121207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2010.0437     Document Type: Review

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