MRI findings of the pituitary gland in short children born small for gestational age (SGA) in comparison with growth hormone-deficient (GHD) children and children with normal stature

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 719-724

  Arends, N J T ^a   Lip, W V D ^a   Robben, S G F ^a   Hokken Koelega, A C S ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INFUNDIBULUM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SHORT STATURE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH DISORDER; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEINS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY HORMONES;

EID: 0036886392     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2002.01605.x     Document Type: Article

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