Inter- and intra-observer variability in detection and progression assessment with MRI of microadenoma in Cushing's disease patients followed up after bilateral adrenalectomy

Pituitary

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 263-269

  Bahurel Barrera, Hélène ^a   Assie, Guillaume ^a   Silvera, Stéphane ^a   Bertagna, Xavier ^a   Coste, Joël ^a   Legmann, Paul ^a  

^a Institut Cochin   (France)

Author keywords

Cushing sdisease; Microadenoma; MRI; Reliability

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CUSHING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADENOMA; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PITUITARY ACTH HYPERSECRETION; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47249085622     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-008-0123-5     Document Type: Article

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