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ea0032p234 | Clinical case reports – Pituitary/Adrenal | ECE2013

Combined choroidal neovascularization and hypopituitarism in a patient with homozygous mutation in methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene

Aydogdu Aydogan , Haymana Cem , Baskoy Kamil , Durukan Ali Hakan , Ozgur Gokhan , Azal Omer

Introduction: Hypopituitarism is defined as either partial or complete deficiency of anterior or posterior pituitary hormone secretion or both. Hypopituitarism itself may increase the risk of thromboembolism/hypercoagulopathy, and underlying mechanisms of hemostatic dysfunctions in hypopituitarism are mostly unknown. Reduced enzymatic activity due to methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene mutations are associated with hyperhomocysteinemia and have been linked to both...