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Table 1 Responses of pituitary and adrenal hormones to intravenous injection of corticotrophin-releasing hormone (100 µg), luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (100 µg), and thyrotropin-releasing hormone (500 µg)

From: Concurrent IgG4-related hypophysitis and clinically nonfunctioning gonadotroph pituitary neuroendocrine tumor

 

0 min

30 min

60 min

ACTH (pg/mL)

16.0

250.0

127.5

Cortisol (µg/dL)

0.3

3.3

5.2

LH (mIU/mL)

 < 1.0

1.6

2.3

FSH (mIU/mL)

 < 0.2

0.9

1.2

PRL (ng/mL)

19.2

29.8

25.0

TSH (µU/mL)

0.761

4.250

2.560

  1. Abbreviations: PRL prolactin, TSH thyroid-stimulating hormone, FSH follicle-stimulating hormone, LH luteinizing hormone, ACTH adrenocorticotropic hormone
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BMC Endocrine Disorders

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