ea0051p039 | Pituitary and growth | BSPED2017
Monti Elena
, Stroek Kevin
, Morandi Grazia
, Improda Nicola
, Rapti Elena
, Mattone Maria Celeste
, Dattani Mehul
Introduction: Central hypothyroidism (CeH) is diagnosed when low thyrotropin (TSH) is associated with a free thyroxine (fT4) below the normal range. Jostel proposed a fT4-adjusted TSH (TSH index: TSHI = log TSH +0.1345 · fT4.), to estimate the degree of pituitary dysfunction (Jostel et al. Clin End 2009).Methods: Retrospective analysis of patients investigated for pituitary hormone deficiencies (n=276; M:F 166:...