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A case of acute Sheehan’s syndrome and literature review: a rare but life-threatening complication of postpartum hemorrhage

BACKGROUND: Sheehan’s syndrome occurs because of severe postpartum hemorrhage causing ischemic pituitary necrosis. Sheehan’s syndrome is a well-known condition that is generally diagnosed several years postpartum. However, acute Sheehan’s syndrome is rare, and clinicians have little exposure to it....

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Autores principales: Matsuzaki, Shinya, Endo, Masayuki, Ueda, Yutaka, Mimura, Kazuya, Kakigano, Aiko, Egawa-Takata, Tomomi, Kumasawa, Keiichi, Yoshino, Kiyoshi, Kimura, Tadashi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5471854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28615049
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-017-1380-y