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Hypopituitarism: A Sequela of Severe Hypoxic Encephalopathy [PDF]
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2006 Central diabetes insipidus (DI) is an established phenomenon after hypoxic encephalopathy or brain death, but hypopituitarism is seldom described. This study investigated the characteristics of 11 patients with DI and hypopituitarism which developed ...
Deng-Huang Su
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Advances in understanding hypopituitarism [version 1; referees: 2 approved]
F1000Research, 2017 The understanding of hypopituitarism has increased over the last three years. This review provides an overview of the most important recent findings. Most of the recent research in hypopituitarism has focused on genetics.
Mareike R. Stieg +3 more
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Genetic causes of hypopituitarism [PDF]
Archives of Medical Science, 2019 Hypopituitarism in neonates is rare, but has life-threatening complications if untreated. This review describes the features of hypopituitarism and the evidence for which infants in whom a genetic cause should be suspected.
Katherine Parkin +3 more
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Hyponatremia as a leading sign of hypopituitarism
Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology Case Reports, 2017 We report the case of a 67-year-old man admitted to our hospital in an obtunded state. We found that a severe hyponatremia (115 mEq/L) was the cause of patient's status. In turn, hyponatremia was due to hypopituitarism (nonfunctioning macroadenoma). Mild
Antonino Catalano, MD, PhD +6 more
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International Journal of Advanced Research, 2020 Hypopituitarism is defined as deficiency of one or more hormones of the pituitary gland which can result from diseases of the pituitary gland or from diseases of the hypothalamus causing diminished secretion of hypothalamic releasing hormones, thereby reducing secretion of the corresponding pituitary hormones.Clinical manifestations depend on the ...
I. Arockiamary, S. Parimala
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Traumatic brain injury and hypopituitarism
Advances in Clinical Neuroscience & Rehabilitation, 2019 Evidence demonstrates that the prevalence of hypopituitarism after traumatic brain injury (TBI) is higher than previously anticipated and leads to significant morbidity.
Sarah Leeder
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Hypopituitarism in Childhood [PDF]
Cancer Control, 2002 Background Childhood hypopituitarism may be present at birth or may be acquired. Early diagnosis and treatment promote the best possible outcomes. Methods The anatomy, etiologies, clinical presentation, diagnostic testing strategies ...
Mitchell E. Geffner
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Neonatal Hypopituitarism: Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment [PDF]
JCRPE, 2019 Hypopituitarism is defined as a decreased release of hypophyseal hormones, which may be caused by disease of the pituitary gland disease or hypothalamus. The clinical findings of neonatal hypopituitarism depend on the causes and on presence and extent of
Selim Kurtoğlu +2 more
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Development and validation of a new questionnaire assessing quality of life in adults with hypopituitarism: Adult Hypopituitarism Questionnaire (AHQ). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate the Adult Hypopituitarism Questionnaire (AHQ) as a disease-specific, self-administered questionnaire for evaluation of quality of life (QOL) in adult patients with hypopituitarism.
Hitoshi Ishii +10 more
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A Rare Cause of Hypopituitarism: Pituitary Tuberculosis
Endocrinology Research and Practice, 2012 Pituitary tuberculosis is a rare condition that can present with hypopituitarism even without any evidence of systemic tuberculosis and is easily confused with pituitary adenomas. Headache and hypopituitarism are the most common presenting symptoms.
Özen Öz Gül +5 more
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