Open AccessAn association with hypopituitarism and 9q subtelomere deletion syndrome
Author(s) -
Higuchi Shinji,
Takagi Masaki,
Takeda Ryojun,
Yoshihashi Hiroshi,
Narumi Satoshi,
Hasegawa Tomonobu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.1591
Subject(s) - hypopituitarism , medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , subtelomere , pediatrics , surgery , genetics , gene , genome , biology
Key Clinical Message Hypopituitarism could have been overlooked so far in the patients with 9q subtelomere deletion syndrome (9q STDS ); thus, further investigations or reevaluation of clinical information, especially hormonal evaluations, are warranted to determine whether hypopituitarism is a rare or relatively common presentation in patients with 9q STDS .