Diagnosis of pituitary disease

Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 393-398

  McGregor, Alan M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assessing pituitary function; craniopharyngioma; pituitary adenoma; pituitary apoplexy; pituitary disease presentation; pituitary imaging; pituitary incidentaloma; pituitary mass differentiation

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ARTIFACT REDUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOPITUITARISM; INCIDENTALOMA; NONFUNCTIONING PITUITARY ADENOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 67749118314     PISSN: 13573039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2009.05.011     Document Type: Review

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