Acute and chronic pituitary failure resembling Sheehan's syndrome following bites by Russell's viper in Burma.
Pituitary function was investigated in 9 patients in shock after Russell's viper bites and in 24 individuals who had been severely envenomed 2 weeks to 24 years previously. 3 out of 9 patients had hypoglycaemia and inappropriately low serum cortisol, plasma growth hormone, and plasma prolactin...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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1987
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