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. 2002:242:205-15; discussion 216-21.

Critical illness as a model of hypothalamic ageing

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Critical illness as a model of hypothalamic ageing

Greet Van den Berghe et al. Novartis Found Symp. 2002.

Abstract

In this review we shall consider the endocrine changes seen in the various hypothalamic pituitary-target gland axes at different stages of critical illness and conclude by comparing these changes with those seen in the normal ageing process.

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