The height of the pituitary in preterm infants during the first 2 years of life: an MRI study.

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Published in Neuroradiology on February 21, 2004

Authors

D Kiortsis1, V Xydis, A G Drougia, P I Argyropoulou, S Andronikou, S C Efremidis, M I Argyropoulou

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Physiology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.

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