Hypothalamic-pituitary vascularization in pituitary stalk transection syndrome: Is the pituitary stalk really transected? The role of gadolinium-DTPA with spin-echo T1 imaging and turbo-FLASH technique

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 48-53

  Genovese, Eugenio ^a   Maghnie, Mohamad ^b   Beluffi, Giampiero ^a   Villa, Andrea ^a   Sammarchi, Luigi ^a   Severi, Francesca ^b   Campani, Rodolfo ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECTOPIC ORGAN; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFUNDIBULUM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIN LABELING; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMUS, MIDDLE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PENTETIC ACID; PITUITARY GLAND;

EID: 0031017580     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002470050062     Document Type: Article

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