Morphological changes on MR imaging of the normal pituitary gland related to age and sex: Main emphasis on pubescent females

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-56

  Kato, Kunihiko ^a   Saeki, Naokatsu ^a   Yamaura, Akira ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Magnetic resonance imaging; Morphology; Pituitary gland

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0036151844     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jocn.2001.0973     Document Type: Article

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