Pituitary dimensions and volume measurements in pregnancy and post partum: MR assessment

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 64-69

  Dinc H ^a,c   Esen, F ^a   Demirci, A ^b   Sari, A ^a   Resit Gumele H ^a  

^a KTU Faculty of Medicine   (Turkey)

^b KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

MR measurements; Pregnancy, pituitary

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY GLAND; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031607891     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841859809172152     Document Type: Article

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