All patients found to have pituitary function defects underwent MRI of the hypothalamic–pituitary region. Outcome measures The main outcome measures were the prevalence of APA-positivity and the ...

For permission requests, please contact NEJM Reprints at [email protected] In spite of great progress in the knowledge of the chemistry and physiologic function of the pituitary hormones no truly ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Boxers may suffer more that split lips, broken noses, and concussions. A new study shows a high rate of dysfunction in the brain's pituitary gland among a group of retired ...

Although hypogonadism was the most prevalent pituitary hormone deficiency, non-gonadal hypopituitarism affected 14.5% of patients with prolactinomas. Tumour size was the strongest predictor of ...

Stem cell biologist Hugo Vankelecom (KU Leuven) and his colleagues have discovered that the pituitary gland in mice ages as the result of an age-related form of chronic inflammation. It may be ...

A study investigated pituitary dwarfism in Karelian Bear Dogs and found a link to a variant of the POU1F1 gene. The results can also help understand the gene's significance to the human pituitary ...