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Is hypopituitarism predictable after traumatic brain injury?

Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology & Metabolism volume 4, pages 126–127 (2008)Cite this article

boxed-textKlose M et al. (2007) Prevalence and predictive factors of post-traumatic hypopituitarism. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 67: 193–201

Although hypopituitarism is a common complication of traumatic brain injury, universal screening is logistically difficult and current data suggest that testing should be confined to those patients with more-severe injury

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  1. A Liew is an Endocrine Fellow and CJ Thompson is a Professor of Endocrinology in the Academic Department of Endocrinology, Beaumont Hospital/RCSI Medical School, Dublin, Ireland.,

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Liew, A., Thompson, C. Is hypopituitarism predictable after traumatic brain injury?. Nat Rev Endocrinol 4, 126–127 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpendmet0719

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