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COVID-19 and the pituitary

open access: yesPituitary, 2021
Background Despite COVID-19 being identified as severe respiratory viral infection, progressively many relevant endocrine manifestations have been reported greatly contributing to the severity of the clinical presentation.
S. Frara   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pituitary disease and pregnancy

open access: yesEndocrinología, 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 ...
openaire   +6 more sources

Hypophysitis, the Growing Spectrum of a Rare Pituitary Disease

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2021
Hypophysitis is defined as inflammation of the pituitary gland that is primary or secondary to a local or systemic process. Differential diagnosis is broad (including primary tumors, metastases, and lympho-proliferative diseases) and multifaceted ...
F. Langlois, E. Varlamov, M. Fleseriu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Diagnosis of pituitary disease [PDF]

open access: yesMedicine, 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
openaire   +2 more sources

Reduced hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity in chronic multi-site musculoskeletal pain : partly masked by depressive and anxiety disorders [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Dekker, Joost   +6 more
core   +4 more sources

Pituitary Radiotherapy for Cushing’s Disease [PDF]

open access: yesNeuroendocrinology, 2010
<i>Background:</i> The treatment of choice for Cushing’s disease is pituitary surgery. Second-line treatments include repeat pituitary surgery, radiation therapy, medical therapy, and bilateral adrenalectomy. The most used modalities to irradiate patients with Cushing’s disease include fractionated radiotherapy and single-dose Gamma Knife ...
Losa, Marco   +4 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Ligula intestinalis (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea): an ideal fish-metazoan parasite model? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Since its use as a model to study metazoan parasite culture and in vitro development, the plerocercoid of the tapeworm, Ligula intestinalis, has served as a useful scientific tool to study a range of biological factors, particularly within its fish ...
Carter, V, Dufour, S, Hoole, D
core   +1 more source

The pituitary TGFb1 system as a novel target for the treatment of resistant prolactinomas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Prolactinomas are the most frequently observed pituitary adenomas and most of themrespond well to conventional treatment with dopamine agonists (DAs).
Camilletti, María Andrea   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Role of MRI T2-DRIVE in the assessment of pituitary stalk abnormalities without gadolinium in pituitary diseases.

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Endocrinology, 2018
OBJECTIVE To investigate the role of T2-DRIVE MRI sequence in the accurate measurement of pituitary stalk (PS) size and the identification of PS abnormalities in patients with hypothalamic-pituitary disorders without the use of gadolinium.
Elisabetta Godano   +16 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Update in Pituitary Disease [PDF]

open access: yesThe 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 ...
openaire   +3 more sources

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