Intracranial internal carotid artery changes in acromegaly: a quantitative magnetic resonance angiography study

Pituitary

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 414-422

  Manara, Renzo ^a,b   Gabrieli, Joseph ^c   Citton, Valentina ^b   Ceccato, Filippo ^d   Rizzati, Silvia ^d   Bommarito, Giulia ^c   Briani, Chiara ^d   Della Puppa, Alessandro ^c   Dassie, Francesca ^d   Milanese, Laura ^d   Di Salle, Francesco ^a   Ermani, Mario ^d   Scaroni, Carla ^d   Martini, Chiara ^d   Maffei, Pietro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Ectasia; ICA; MRA; Tortuosity

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928946240     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: 15737403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-013-0516-y     Document Type: Article

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