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The Pituitary Megatest: Outdated?

1992; Wiley; Volume: 36; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1365-2265.1992.tb00946.x

1365-2265

C. W. BURKE,

Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors

Clinical EndocrinologyVolume 36, Issue 2 p. 133-134 The Pituitary Megatest: Outdated? C. W. Burke, C. W. Burke Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, The Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HE, UKSearch for more papers by this author C. W. Burke, C. W. Burke Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, The Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HE, UKSearch for more papers by this author First published: February 1992 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2265.1992.tb00946.xCitations: 36AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. References Bevan, J.S., Burke, C.W., Esiri, M.M. & Adams, C.B.T. (1987) Misinterpretation of prolactin levels leading to management errors in patients with sellar enlargement. American Journal of Medicine, 82, 29–32. Bevan, J.S., Burke, C.W., Esiri, M.M., Adams, C.B.T., Ballabio, M., Nissim, M. & Faglia, G. (1989) Studies of two thyrotrophinsecreting pituitary adenomas: evidence for dopamine receptor deficiency. Clinical Endocrinology, 31, 59–70. Burke, C.W. (1985) Adrenocortical insufficiency. Clinics in Endocrinology and Metabolism, 14, 947–976. Burke, C.W. (1991) Hormonal testing of pituitary tumours. Proceedings of 5th European Workshop on Pituitary Adenomas. Elsevier (in press). Burrows, A.W., Cooper, E., Shakespear, R.A., Aickin, C.M., Eraser, S., Hesch, R.-D. & Burke, C.W. (1977) Low serum 1-T3 levels in the elderly sick: protein-binding, thyroid and pituitary responsiveness, and reverse T3 concentrations. Clinical Endocrinology, 7, 289–300. Ciccarelli, E., Ghigo, E., Miola, C., Gandini, G., Muller, E.E. & Cammani, F. (1990) Long-term follow-up of'cured' prolactinoma patients after successful adenomectomy. Clinical Endocrinology, 32, 583–592. Kwekeboom, D.J., de Jong, F.H. & Lamberts, S.W.J. (1989) Gonadotrophin release by clinically nonfunctioning and gonado-troph pituitary adenomas in vivo and in vitro: relation to sex and effects of thyrotrophin-releasing hormone, gonadotrophin-releasing hormone, and bromocriptine. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 68, 1128–1135. Oppenheim, D.S., Kana, A.R., Sangha, J.S. & Klibanski, A (1990) Prevalence of α-subunit hypersecretion in patients with pituitary tumours: clinically nonfunctioning and somatotroph adenomas. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 70, 859–864. Pavord, S.R., Girach, A., Price, D.E., Absalom, S.R., FalconerSmith, J. & Hewlett, T.A. (1992) A retrospective audit of the combined pituitary function test, using the insulin stress test, TRH and GnRH in a district laboratory. Clinical Endocrinology, 36, 135–139. Tsatsoulis, A., Shalet, S.M., Harrison, J., Ratcliffe, W.A., Beard-well, C.G. & Robinson, E.L. (1988) Adrenocorticotrophin (ACTH) deficiency undetected by standard dynamic tests of the hypothalamic pituitary-adrenal axis. Clinical Endocrinology, 28, 225–232. Yeh, J., Rebar, R.W., Liu, J.L. & Yen, S.S.C. (1989) Pituitary function in isolated gonadotrophin deficiency. Clinical Endocrinology, 31, 375–387. Citing Literature Volume36, Issue2February 1992Pages 133-134 ReferencesRelatedInformation