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INFANTILISM IN PITUITARY DISEASE [PDF]
Archives of Internal Medicine, 1912 Since the appearance of Frohlich's paper1in 1901, it has become generally recognized that tumors in or near the pituitary gland may cause disturbances of body growth and general metabolism which are quite distinct from acromegaly and gigantism. Frankl-Hochwart2has recently collected and analyzed the findings in 155 pituitary affections of this ...
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Pituitary disease and pregnancy
Endocrinología, Diabetes y Nutrición (English ed.), 2021 Pregnancy results in a significant change in both pituitary gland size and function. Due to this physiological adaptation, the diagnosis and management of pituitary diseases during pregnancy represents a particularly complex challenge. The presence of a functioning pituitary adenoma may be harmful to the health of the mother and fetus, and scientific ...
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Diagnosis of pituitary disease [PDF]
Medicine, 2017 Abstract The prevalence of pituitary disease is increasing mainly because of advances in modern imaging techniques and an increased awareness among the medical community. Pituitary tumours constitute 10–15% of all diagnosed intracranial neoplasms, and their clinical manifestations result from local mass effects (mostly neurological, visual ...
Athanasios Fountas, Niki Karavitaki
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The Autoimmune pituitary inflammation
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2022 Autoimmune Hypophysitis (AH) is often refereed in the literature as lymphocytic pituitary inflammation. It is the most common form of rare, chronic inflammation states affecting this gland. In most cases it has autoimmune character. Symptoms of pituitary
Szymon Krzewski +2 more
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Update in Pituitary Disease [PDF]
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2008 The pituitary gland secretes vital trophic hormones that maintain homeostatic regulation of the metabolic milieu. Not surprisingly, several thousand papers relevant to the pituitary gland were published this past year, including publication of important transforming advances in our understanding of the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of ...
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Clinical and genetic features of childhood-onset congenital combined pituitary hormone deficiency: a retrospective, single-center cohort study [PDF]
Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology & MetabolismPurpose To investigate the clinical characteristics and genetic features of childhood-onset congenital combined pituitary hormone deficiency (cCPHD) in Korean patients.
Yoonha Lee +4 more
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Mortality in Patients with Pituitary Disease [PDF]
Endocrine Reviews, 2010 Pituitary disease is associated with increased mortality predominantly due to vascular disease. Control of cortisol secretion and GH hypersecretion (and cardiovascular risk factor reduction) is key in the reduction of mortality in patients with Cushing’s disease and acromegaly, retrospectively.
Sherlock, M +7 more
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International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2015 Introduction Hypophysitis is a chronic inflammation of the pituitary gland of complex and still incompletely defined pathogenesis. It belongs to the group of non-hormone-secreting sellar masses, sharing with them comparable clinical presentation and ...
Rafael Loch Batista +7 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023 Hedgehog signaling plays pivotal roles in embryonic development, adult homeostasis and tumorigenesis. However, its engagement in the pituitary gland has been long underestimated although Hedgehog signaling and pituitary embryogenic development are ...
Yehan Bian, Heidi Hahn, Anja Uhmann
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Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2009 Transsphenoidal surgery is the most commonly used surgical procedure to handle the hypophyseal region, sometimes associated with oronasal complications.
Carolina Petry +5 more
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