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Hormonal, pituitary magnetic resonance, LHX4 and HESX1 evaluation in patients with hypopituitarism and ectopic posterior pituitary lobe.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Jan 2007
Melo Maria Edna, Marui Suemi, Carvalho Luciani Renata, Arnhold Ivo Jorge Prado, Leite Claudia Costa, Mendonça Berenice Bilharinho, Knoepfelmacher Mirta
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OBJECTIVE: LHX4 and HESX1 are important in early stages of pituitary development and their mutations can be associated with an ectopic posterior lobe (EPL) in the pituitary of patients with hypopituitarism. The EPL can be located at the median eminence or at the path of the pituitary stalk. The a...
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