Female pituitary size in relation to age and hormonal factors

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 128-132

  Grams, Astrid Ellen ^a   Gempt, Jens ^b   Stahl, Alexander ^a   Förschler, Annette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contraceptives; Cranio caudal diameter; Pituitary volume; Sella turcica

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY GLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649506336     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314196     Document Type: Article

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