Pituitary gland signal in pre-term infants during the first year of life: An MRI study

Neuroradiology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1031-1035

  Argyropoulou, Maria I ^a   Xydis, Vassilios ^a   Kiortsis, Dimitrios N ^a   Pantou, Kostantina ^b   Zikou, Anastasia ^a   Efremidis, Stavros C ^a   Andronikou, Styliani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

MRI; Pituitary gland; Premature infants; Signal intensity

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL DETECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WHITE MATTER;

AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 20444490417     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-004-1285-0     Document Type: Article

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