Radiation-induced hypopituitarism.

The hypothalamic-pituitary unit is a particularly radiosensitive region in the central nervous system. As a consequence, hypopituitarism commonly develops after radiation treatments for sellar and parasellar neoplasms, extrasellar brain tumours, head and neck tumours, and following whole body irradi...

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Main Authors: Fernandez, A, Brada, M, Zabuliene, L, Karavitaki, N, Wass, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2009