Pituitary size and function in children and adolescents with shunted hydrocephalus

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 691-699

  Löppönen, Tuija ^a   Pääkkö, Eija ^a   Laitinen, Juhani ^a   Saukkonen, Anna Liisa ^a   Serlo, Willy ^a   Tapanainen, Päivi ^a   Ruokonen, Aimo ^a   Pirttiniemi, Pertti ^a   Poikela, Aila ^a   Knip, Mikael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOPHYSIS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8544284096     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1997.1931004.x     Document Type: Article

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