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International Journal of Pediatrics & Neonatal Care Volume 4 (2018), Article ID 4:IJPNC-144, 4 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-2364/2018/144
Case Report
A Case of Evolutionary Hypopituitarism Following Traumatic Brain Injury in Infancy

Shinji Higuchi and Yukihiro Hasegawa*

Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center, Japan
Dr. Yukihiro Hasegawa, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center, 2-8-29 Musashidai Fuchu, 183-8561, Tokyo, Japan, Tel: +81-42-300-5111; E-mail: yhaset@gmail.com
21 October 2018; 05 December 2018; 07 December 2018
Higuchi S, Hasegawa Y (2018) A Case of Evolutionary Hypopituitarism Following Traumatic Brain Injury in Infancy. Int J Pediatr Neonat Care 4: 144. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-2364/2018/144
© 2018 Higuchi et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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