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This test constitutes a stress reaction to rapidly produced hypoglycaemia of significant degree which, together with stimulation by injected hypothalamic-releasing hormones, permits, via blood hormone measurements, assessment of hypothalamic-anterior pituitary reserve function. Estimation in the blood of the pituitary hormones, namely adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), growth hormone (GH), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and prolactin (PRL), together with Cortisol and glucose, forms the basis of the test.
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Lascelles, P.T., Donaldson, D. (1989). Hypothalamic-Pituitary (Anterior) Function (Combined Hypothalamic-Releasing Hormone/Insulin) Test. In: Diagnostic Function Tests in Chemical Pathology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1846-7_46
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