Pituitary iron and volume imaging in healthy controls

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 259-265

  Noetzli, L J ^a   Panigrahy, A ^a,b   Hyderi, A ^a   Dongelyan, A ^a   Coates, T D ^a   Wood, John ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUROIMAGING; NOMOGRAM; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY GLAND; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857245052     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2788     Document Type: Article

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