Secretory and nonsecretory pituitary adenomas are distinguishable by 1/T1 magnetic relaxation rates at very low magnetic fields in vitro

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 320-329

  Spiller, Marga ^a   Childress, Shayne M ^a   Koenig, Seymour H ^b   Duffy, Kent R ^a   Valsamis, Marius P ^a   Tenner, Michael S ^a   Kasoff, Samuel S ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunostains; nuclear magnetic relaxation dispersion profiles; pituitary adenomas; secreting; T1

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030927621     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199706000-00002     Document Type: Article

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