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. 1977 Nov;62(5):105-14.
doi: 10.1080/00325481.1977.11714675.

Hypothalamic-pituitary function tests: current status

E M Gold

Hypothalamic-pituitary function tests: current status

E M Gold. Postgrad Med. 1977 Nov.

Abstract

Pituitary disorders can be diagnosed more readily and precisely as a result of two recent advances: development of radioimmunoassays for direct measurement of each pituitary hormone in blood, and availability of hypothalamic hormones for use in provocative tests for secretion of thyroid-stimulating hormone, prolactin, and gonadotropic hormones.

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