The height of the pituitary in preterm infants during the first 2 years of life: An MRI study

Neuroradiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 224-226

  Kiortsis, D ^a   Xydis, V ^a   Drougia, A G ^b   Argyropoulou, P I ^a   Andronikou, S ^b   Efremidis, S C ^a   Argyropoulou, M I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Intrauterine growth retardation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Periventricular leukomalacia; Pituitary; Premature infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND;

EID: 1842688679     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-003-1126-6     Document Type: Article

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