title: Hypothalamic-pituitary function tests: current status.
abstract: Pituitary disorders can be diagnosed more readily and precisely as a result of two recent advances: development of radioimmunoassays for direct measurement of each pituitary hormone in blood, and availability of hypothalamic hormones for use in provocative tests for secretion of thyroid-stimulating hormone, prolactin, and gonadotropic hormones.
mesh_terms: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000097:blood; D002996:Clomiphene; D003350:Cortodoxone / Q000097:blood; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004700:Endocrine System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007328:Insulin; D007980:Levodopa; D010901:Pituitary Function Tests; D010908:Pituitary Hormones, Anterior / Q000097:blood / Q000502:physiology; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000097:blood; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D010908:Pituitary Hormones, Anterior; D002996:Clomiphene; D007980:Levodopa; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D011388:Prolactin; D013972:Thyrotropin; D013006:Growth Hormone; D003350:Cortodoxone