Normal pituitary volumes in children and adolescents with bipolar disorder: A magnetic resonance imaging study

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 182-186

  Hua, Hsuan Chen ^a,b   Nicoletti, Mark ^a   Sanches, Marsal ^a,b,c   Hatch, John P ^a   Sassi, Roberto B ^d   Axelson, David ^e   Brambilla, Paolo ^f   Keshavan, Matcheri S ^e   Ryan, Neal ^e   Birmaher, Boris ^e   Soares, Jair C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Bipolar disorder; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 13444310629     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20044     Document Type: Article

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