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The rational use of pituitary stimulation tests.

Stephan Petersenn, Hans-Jürgen Quabbe, Christof Schöfl, Günter K Stalla, Klaus von Werder, and Michael Buchfelder

Dtsch Arztebl Int 107(25):437-43 (2010) PMID 20644702

Diseases of the pituitary gland can lead to the dysfunction of individual hormonal axes and to the corresponding clinical manifestations. The diagnostic assessment of pituitary function has not yet been standardized.

DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2010.0437
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