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01-12-2015 | Meeting abstract
Nutritional intervention in patients with hypopituitarism secondary to pituitary adenomas with metabolic syndrome
Authors:
Renata Elisabeth Rothen, Bruna Breyer de Freitas, Carolina Garcia Soares Leães, Miriam da Costa Oliveira, Fernanda Michielin Busnello, Júlia Fernanda Semmelmann Pereira-Lima
Published in:
Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
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Special Issue 1/2015
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Excerpt
The deficiency in the production of any of the pituitary hormones, denominated hypopituitarism, may cause the increase of visceral fat, dyslipidemia and decrease of muscle mass. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a complex disorder, characterized by alterations of the lipid profile, abdominal obesity, blood pressure and insulin resistance, being highly prevalent in hypopituitarism. …