Midline brain lesions in children with hormone insufficiency indicate early prenatal damage

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 528-536

  Hellstrom A ^a,d   Wiklund, L M ^b   Svensson, E ^c   Stromland K ^a   Albertsson Wikland, K ^a  

^a Intl Paediatr Growth Res Centre   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anterior visual pathways; Growth hormone; Midline brain lesions; MRI; Multiple hormone insufficiencies

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INFUNDIBULUM; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0031860617     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035259850158236     Document Type: Article

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