Measurement of height velocity is an useful marker for monitoring pituitary function in patients who had traumatic brain injury

Pituitary

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 499-506

  Bellone, S ^a   Einaudi, S ^b   Caputo, M ^a   Prodam, F ^a   Busti, A ^a   Belcastro, S ^a   Parlamento, S ^a   Zavattaro, M ^a   Verna, F ^b   Bondone, C ^b   Tessaris, D ^b   Gasco, V ^c   Bona, G ^a   Aimaretti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b OIRM S Anna   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

GH deficiency; Hypopituitarism; Reduced height velocity; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HEIGHT VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROMONITORING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BODY HEIGHT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84888202061     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: 15737403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-012-0446-0     Document Type: Article

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