The height of the pituitary in preterm infants during the first 2 years of life: an MRI study
| dc.contributor.author | Kiortsis, D. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Xydis, V. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Drougia, A. G. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Argyropoulou, P. I. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Andronikou, S. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Efremidis, S. C. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Argyropoulou, M. I. | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-24T19:41:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-11-24T19:41:12Z | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0028-3940 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/24457 | |
| dc.rights | Default Licence | - |
| dc.subject | Case-Control Studies | en |
| dc.subject | Female | en |
| dc.subject | Humans | en |
| dc.subject | Infant | en |
| dc.subject | Infant, Newborn | en |
| dc.subject | *Infant, Premature | en |
| dc.subject | Infant, Small for Gestational Age | en |
| dc.subject | Leukomalacia, Periventricular/diagnosis | en |
| dc.subject | *Magnetic Resonance Imaging | en |
| dc.subject | Male | en |
| dc.subject | Pituitary Gland/*anatomy & histology/pathology | en |
| dc.title | The height of the pituitary in preterm infants during the first 2 years of life: an MRI study | en |
| heal.abstract | Pituitary secretory activity is different in premature and full-term infants. The height of the pituitary is a marker of its secretory activity. Our purpose was to use MRI to measure height of the pituitary of premature infants and to compare it with full-term controls. The height was measured on a midline sagittal T1-weighted image in 86 premature infants (gestational age 26-36.9 weeks, mean 32.3+/-2.85 weeks, corrected age 0.33-2 years, mean 0.76+/-0.42 years) and in 70 age- and sex-matched full-term controls. The children were was divided into four age groups: A: > or =0.5 years; B: 0.51-1.0 year; C: 1.01-1.5 years; and D: 1.51-2.00 years. The gland was significantly (P<0.01) higher in the preterm infants than in the controls (3.88+/-0.61 vs 3.31+/-0.64 mm). In the preterm group no significant difference was found between children small or appropriate for gestational age or between those with and without periventricular leukomalacia. Pituitary height by age group was: A: 3.71+/-0.57, B: 3.81+/-0.56, C: 4.09+/-0.68; and D:4.45+/-0.57 mm; statistically significant (P<0.01) differences were found between groups A and D and B and D. The pituitary is thus higher in premature than in full-term controls and shows a trend to increase after the first year of corrected-age life. | en |
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| heal.fullTextAvailability | TRUE | - |
| heal.identifier.primary | 10.1007/s00234-003-1126-6 | - |
| heal.identifier.secondary | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14985886 | - |
| heal.identifier.secondary | http://www.springerlink.com/content/jwbf09ny01b928d4/fulltext.pdf | - |
| heal.journalName | Neuroradiology | en |
| heal.journalType | peer-reviewed | - |
| heal.language | en | - |
| heal.publicationDate | 2004 | - |
| heal.recordProvider | Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικής | el |
| heal.type | journalArticle | - |
| heal.type.el | Άρθρο Περιοδικού | el |
| heal.type.en | Journal article | en |
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