Cerebral anomalies associated with growth hormone deficiency in children: A key for the diagnosis?;Anomalies malformatives cerebrales associees a l'insuffisance somatotrope chez l'enfant: Marqueurs majeurs pour le diagnostic?

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-21

  Arifa, N ^a   Leger J ^a   Garel, C ^a   Czernichow, P ^a   Hassan, M ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Child; Hypopituitarism; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pituitary gland, anterior; Pituitary gland, posterior; Somatotropin

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GROWTH HORMONE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DISEASE; CHORISTOMA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032946459     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-693X(99)80067-0     Document Type: Article

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