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. 2019 Oct 18;11:37–47. doi: 10.2147/EB.S186307

Table 3.

Testing Endocrine Dysfunctions In SOD Patients

Hypothalamic-Pituitary Axis Laboratory Test/s
Metabolic function

  • Electrolytes

  • Fasting blood glucose

  • Glycosylated hemoglobin
Cortisol function

  • ACTH

  • Baseline cortisolemia

  • If abnormal, 24-hr cortisol and glucose profile
Thyroid function

  • TSH,

  • fT3, fT4

  • Thyroxine
Somatotrophic function

  • IGF-1, IGF BP-3,

  • Pulsatile GH secretion

  • GH provocation test

  • Anthropometric measurements
Gonadotropic function

  • LH, FSH

  • GnRH

  • Testosterone, estradiol
Prolactin function

  • Prolactin

  • Dopamine
Posterior pituitary function

  • Vasopressin

  • Urine osmolality