Evaluation of anterior pituitary gland volume in childhood using three-dimensional MRI

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 547-551

  Marziali, Simone ^a   Gaudiello, Fabrizio ^a   Bozzao, Alessandro ^b   Sciré, Giuseppe ^a   Ferone, Ernesto ^a   Colangelo, Vittorio ^a   Simonetti, Alessandra ^a   Boscherini, Brunetto ^a   Floris, Roberto ^a   Simonetti, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Growth; MRI; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PHANTOM; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 3242791896     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-004-1208-6     Document Type: Article

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