High risk of hypopituitarism after traumatic brain injury: A prospective investigation of anterior pituitary function in the acute phase and 12 months after trauma


Tanriverdi F., Senyurek H., Unluhizarci K., Selcuklu A., Casanueva F. F., Kelestimur F.

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM, vol.91, no.6, pp.2105-2111, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

Context: Recent data have demonstrated that traumatic brain injury (TBI)-mediated hypopituitarism could be more frequent than previously known. However, most previous data were obtained from retrospective studies.