Subclinical hypopituitarism

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 461-469

  Fernandez Rodriguez, Eva ^a   Bernabeu, Ignacio ^a   Andujar Plata, Paula ^a   Casanueva, Felipe F ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

hypopituitarism; partial ACTH deficiency; partial GH deficiency; pituitary insufficiency

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; GONADOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; HYPOPITUITARISM; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84864741734     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: 15321908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2011.10.007     Document Type: Review

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