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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/95923| Title: | Teaching neuroimages : ectopic posterior pituitary |
| Authors: | Grech, Reuben Galvin, Leo Looby, Seamus O’Hare, Alan Thornton, John Brennan, Paul |
| Keywords: | Pituitary gland -- Diseases -- Diagnosis Pituitary gland -- Diseases -- Treatment Pituitary gland -- Magnetic resonance imaging Pituitary gland, posterior |
| Issue Date: | 2013 |
| Publisher: | Wolters Kluwer Health |
| Citation: | Grech, R., Galvin, L., Looby, S., O'Hare, A., Thornton, J., & Brennan, P. (2013). Teaching neuroimages: ectopic posterior pituitary. Neurology, 81(16), e121-e122. |
| Abstract: | Ectopic posterior pituitary results from incomplete caudal extension of the diencephalon during embryogenesis. The portal circulation carrying hypothalamic-releasing hormones to the adenohypophysis is disrupted, resulting in growth hormone deficiency and more rarely panhypopituitarism. [excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/95923 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SCRNM |
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