A radiologic score to distinguish autoimmune hypophysitis from nonsecreting pituitary adenoma preoperatively

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1766-1772

  Gutenberg, Angelika ^a   Larsen, J ^b   Lupi, I ^c   Rohde, V ^a   Caturegli, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349934204     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1714     Document Type: Article

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