Acth Deficiency: Hypothalamic or Pituitary in Origin?
- 31 March 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Scottish Medical Journal
- Vol. 32 (2) , 49-50
- https://doi.org/10.1177/003693308703200208
Abstract
The level within the hypothalamic-pituitary axis at which isolated ACTH deficiency occurs, can be more clearly identified by assessing this axis with corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF) and insulin induced hypoglycaemia. We report a case where lack of response to both tests, suggests a pituitary origin for this rare endocrine deficiency.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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