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more attention due to new reports of pituitary insufficiency caused by relatively mild, repetitive brain traumas. The incidence of post-traumatic hypopituitarism (PTHP) is likely underestimated. Based on the review of literature published between May
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). The vast majority of patients with adult-onset pituitary insufficiency, independent of reason, have partial insufficiency with detectable but inappropriately low levels of pituitary hormones including gonadotropins ( 5 ), and the condition will usually
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15 86.5 15.63 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. HbA1c (%) 94 21 5.53 0.64 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Pituitary insufficiency of any axis 90 (78.3) 0 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. GHD 79
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pituitary insufficiency. Thirty-four out of the 39 patients with anterior pituitary insufficiency had an insufficiency of corticotroph axis and were therefore receiving a corticosteroid therapy. Four patients with central DI (three with partial DI) received
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kg/m 2 , with verified severe GHD, defined by a GH peak response of <3 μg/l after insulin hypoglycaemia and arginine stimulation test. All patients had three to four additional pituitary insufficiencies and had been receiving a stable conventional
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adipsia. Most patients with HD have accompanying pituitary insufficiency for which hormonal substitution therapy is given, often in the combination of (multiple) daily oral supplements and subcutaneous injections (growth hormone (GH)). Even for patients
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without radiotherapy), n =4 pituitary insufficiency after radiotherapy for a cerebral tumor, and n =1 Sheehan syndrome). Two patients had polyuria after a head trauma. One patient had polyuria while using lithium. The remaining 22 patients had
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prolactinoma was based on an enormous highly prolactin value of 10,000 ng/mL (normal range up to 25 ng/mL). The laboratory results at baseline revealed a pituitary insufficiency of the gonadotropic, thyreotropic and corticotropic axis, although stimulation