A Rare Expression of Neural Crest Disorders: An Intrasphenoidal Development of the Anterior Pituitary Gland

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 285-288

  Marsot Dupuch, Kathlyn ^a,d   Smoker, Wendy R K ^b   Grauer, Walter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c Bethanien Spital ^*  (Switzerland)

^d BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL ANOMALY OF THE ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; NEURAL CREST; NEURAL CREST DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RARE DISEASE; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID;

ADULT; CHORISTOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NASOPHARYNX; NEURAL CREST; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; SPHENOID SINUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1242271426     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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