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Hormones
Studies from Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Department of Endocrinology in the area of hormones published
May 6th, 2009
Current study results from the report, 'Failure of antibody response to polysaccharide antigen in treated panhypopituitary adults,' have been published. "Although pituitary hormones are known to affect immune function, treated hypopituitarism is not a recognized cause of immune deficiency in humans. We set out to assess integrity of baseline and stimulated immune function in severely hypopituitary adults," investigators in Manchester, the United Kingdom report. "Twenty-one panhypopituitary adults (group 1), on stable pituitary replacement including growth hormone, and 12 healthy volunteers (group 2) were studied. Lymphocyte subsets, pneumococcal antibody levels pre-and...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-05-06)
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