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The era of hypopituitarism consequent to traumatic brain injury has moved in a short period of time from initial, almost total neglect, to increased awareness and recommendations for the introduction of screening. We will go through current recommendations for the diagnosis, follow-up, and treatment of hypopituitarism in patients with traumatic brain injury.

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    Marianne Klose & Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

    Terje Sundstrøm

  2. Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden

    Per-Olof Grände

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

    Teemu Luoto

  4. Department of Neurosurgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

    Christina Rosenlund

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Klose, M., Feldt-Rasmussen, U. (2020). Neuroendocrine Aspects. In: Sundstrøm, T., Grände, PO., Luoto, T., Rosenlund, C., Undén, J., Wester, K. (eds) Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39383-0_53

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