Pituitary gland height evaluated by MR in patients with β-thalassemia major: A marker of pituitary gland function

Neuroradiology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1056-1058

  Argyropoulou, M ^a   Kiortsis, D ^b   Metafratzi, Z ^a   Bitsis, S ^b   Tsatoulis, A ^b   Efremidis, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pituitary; thalassemia major

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DEFEROXAMINE; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; IRON; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYROID HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND;

EID: 0035206924     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340100634     Document Type: Article

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