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Belgian Endocrine Society 2019

BES 2019

Study of neuroendocrine deficits in a series of 74 patients following traumatic brain injury

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Study of neuroendocrine deficits in a series of 74 patients following traumatic brain injury

Daniel S , Valdes-Socin H , Bonneville JF , Petrossians P , Beckers A

Aim of the work: Clinical research studies over the last 15 years have reported a significant burden of hypopituitarism in survivors of traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, these endocrine anomalies remain under diagnosed due to nonspecific clinical signs and misunderstanding of the phenomenon. The aim of the work is to evaluate for the first time in Belgium their prevalence and to quantify the deficits of the different pituitary axes in patients recruited to the endocrinolo...