Pituitary hypoplasia in patients with a mutation in the growth hormone- releasing hormone receptor gene

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 685-689

  Murray, Robert A ^a   Maheshwari, Hiralal G ^a   Russell, Eric J ^a   Baumann, Gerhard ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEPHALOMETRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE;

ADULT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUTATION; PITUITARY DISEASES; RECEPTORS, NEUROPEPTIDE; RECEPTORS, PITUITARY HORMONE-REGULATING HORMONE;

EID: 0034090514     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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