Pituitary gland: MR imaging of physiologic hypertrophy in adolescence

Radiology

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 681-685

  Elster, Allen D ^a   Chen, Michael Y M ^a   Williams III, Daniel W ^a   Key, L Lyndon ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children, endocrine glands; Pituitary, anatomy, 145.13, 145.91; Pituitary, MR studies, 145.1214

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0025304817     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.174.3.2305049     Document Type: Article

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