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Pituitary stalk interruption syndrome: a clinical-biological-genetic assessment of its pathogenesis.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Oct 1997
Pinto G, Netchine I, Sobrier M L, Brunelle F, Souberbielle J C, Brauner R
Abstract excerpt
The detection of pituitary stalk interruption syndrome (PSIS) by magnetic resonance imaging is a diagnostic marker of permanent GH deficiency (GHD), but the pathogenesis of PSIS is unknown. Fifty-one patients (27 males) with GHD and PSIS were classified according to whether the GHD was isolated (group 1, 16 cases) or associated with other anterior pituitary abnormalities (group 2, 35 cases). The 2 groups had...
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