Assessment of the accuracy and reproducibility of adrenal volume measurements using MRI and its relationship with corticosteroid phenotype: A normal volunteer pilot study

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 484-490

  Freel, Ellen Marie ^a   Nicholas, Richard Stephen ^b   Sudarshan, Thiru ^b   Priba, Lukasz ^c   Gandy, Stephen J ^b   McMillan, Nigel ^c,d   Houston, John Graeme ^b   Connell, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTISONE; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL VOLUME; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHENOTYPE; PILOT STUDY; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84883550111     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cen.12193     Document Type: Article

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