MRI of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis in children

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1045-1055

  Argyropoulou, Maria I ^a   Kiortsis, Dimitrios Nikiforos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children; Hypothalamus; MRI; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CHILD; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM CELL TUMOR; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERPITUITARISM; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPLASIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INFUNDIBULUM; IRON OVERLOAD; KALLMANN SYNDROME; LARON SYNDROME; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL DETECTION; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 27644532436     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-005-1512-9     Document Type: Review

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