An unusual MR presentation of the neurohypophyseal 'bright spot' in pituitary dwarfism

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 9-11

  Zuccoli, Giulio ^a,c   Ferrozzi, Francesco ^b   Troiso, Antonio ^a   Ubaldi, Alessandro ^b   Ghizzoni, Lucia ^b  

^a Radiology Department   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pituitary dwarfism; Pituitary gland

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

DWARFISM;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY DWARFISM; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; DWARFISM, PITUITARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR;

EID: 0034953655     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-7071(00)00230-8     Document Type: Article

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