Etiologically, the clinical presentation of shock, hypoglycaemia and hyponatremia could be attributed to hypocortisolism, amenorrhoea to low gonadotropins, agalactia to low prolactin levels and other non-specific symptoms (headache, fatigue, anorexia) to growth hormone deficiency and - INCONCLUSIVE - they might be intricated consequences of hypocortisolism and hypothyroidism. This evidence concerns the gene PRL and hypothyroidism.