Neuroimaging findings and severity of hypopituitarism in a cohort of 78 children
- International Journal of Radiology & Radiation Therapy
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Mariana Mader Pires de Castro, Izabel Calland Ricarte Beserra
Abstract
To evaluate neuroimaging abnormalities in children with hypopituitarism and correlate with the number of pituitary hormone deficiencies, age at diagnosis, severity of growth hormone deficiency and response in the first year of treatment with recombinant human growth hormone.
Keywords
magnetic resonance imaging, children, congenital abnormalities, hypoplastic adenohypophysis, growth hormone deficiency, treatment