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Assessment of pituitary function
Author(s) -
Lindholm Jörgen
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1979.tb02926.x
Subject(s) - pituitary gland , function (biology) , simple (philosophy) , medicine , neuroscience , psychology , biology , hormone , philosophy , epistemology , evolutionary biology
Sellar and parasellar tumours comprise 10–15 % of all intracranial neo‐plasms. Neurologists will thus often be faced with the problem of assessing pituitary function. A thorough clinical examination is of the foremost importance. In addition a small number of simple and rapid tests is required. Knowledge of the physiological variation in pituitary function is, however, necessary to allow a safe interpretation of the results. A simple routine procedure for assessing pituitary function is proposed.