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Histologic study of the human pituitary gland in acute traumatic brain injury

Fateme Salehi, Kálmán Kovács, Bernd W. Scheithauer, Eric A. Pfeifer, Michael D. Cusimano

Brain Injury · 2007 · 91 citations · 17 references

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Abstract

Underlying adenohypophysial pathology in patients dying after TBI is acute infarction. Loss of large numbers of adenohypophysial cells causes reduced secretion of adenohypophysial hormones and may contribute to post-traumatic hypopituitarism.

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