Permanent hypopituitarism is rare after structural traumatic brain injury in early childhood

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 599-604

  Heather, Natasha L ^a   Jefferies, Craig ^c   Hofman, Paul L ^a   Derraik, José G B ^a   Brennan, Christine ^a   Kelly, Patrick ^c   Hamill, James K M ^c   Jones, Rhys G ^b   Rowe, Deborah L ^a   Cutfield, Wayne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; METYRAPONE; PROLACTIN; SODIUM; SOMATOMEDIN C; TETRACOSACTIDE; THYROXINE;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPITUITARISM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RISK; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RARE DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SERUM OSMOLALITY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84863011780     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-2284     Document Type: Article

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