Neuroradiological investigation in patients with idiopathic growth hormone deficiency

• Published in: Jornal de pediatria Vol. 80; no. 3; pp. 223 - 228
• Main Authors: Bordallo, Maria Alice N, Tellerman, Leandro D, Bosignoli, Rodrigo, Oliveira, Fernando F R M, Gazolla, Fernanda M, Madeira, Isabel R, Zanier, José Fernando C, Henriques, Jodélia L M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Brazil 01.05.2004
• Subjects: Abnormalities, Multiple - diagnosis; Chi-Square Distribution; Growth Disorders - diagnosis; Growth Disorders - diagnostic imaging; Human Growth Hormone - deficiency; Humans; Hypopituitarism - diagnosis; Hypopituitarism - diagnostic imaging; Hypopituitarism - pathology; Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System - abnormalities; Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System - diagnostic imaging; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Medical Records; Retrospective Studies; Statistics, Nonparametric; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

The aim of this study was to analyze the type and frequency of cranial computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging anomalies in patients with idiopathic growth hormone deficiency, and also to investigate the possible relationship between neuroradiological images and the presence of isolated g...