Utility of MRI in assessment of pituitary iron overload

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 475-477

  Zafar, Abdul Mueed ^a   Zuberi, Lubna ^a   Khan, Ameer Hamza ^a   Ahsan, Humera ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DEFEROXAMINE; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; PHOSPHATE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS; IRON OVERLOAD; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAKISTAN; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PITUITARY SIDEROSIS; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROVOCATION TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIDEROSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; VALIDATION STUDY; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAKISTAN; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND;

EID: 38449083247     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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