Magnetic resonance imaging changes in the pituitary gland following acute traumatic brain injury

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 468-475

  Maiya, Balachandra ^a   Newcombe, Virginia ^a   Nortje, Jurgens ^a   Bradley, Peter ^a   Bernard, Francis ^b   Chatfield, Dot ^a   Outtrim, Joanne ^a   Hutchinson, Peter ^a   Matta, Basil ^a   Antoun, Nagui ^a   Menon, David ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hypopituitarism; Magnetic resonance imaging; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSITIS; INFUNDIBULUM; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORGAN SIZE; PERFUSION PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; APACHE; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 43049123451     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-007-0902-x     Document Type: Article

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