Dynamic MR imaging of neurohypophyseal germ cell tumors for differential diagnosis of infundibular diseases

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 562-566

  Liang, Luxia ^a   Korogi, Y ^a   Sugahara, T ^a   Ikushima, I ^a   Shigematsu, Y ^a   Okuda, T ^a   Takahashi, M ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenohypophysitis; Brain, germ cell neoplasm; Histiocytosis; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MALE; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034320502     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418500127345901     Document Type: Article

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