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Changes of Pituitary Gland Volume in Kennedy Disease

C.C. Pieper, I.K. Teismann, C. Konrad, W.L. Heindel and H. Schiffbauer
American Journal of Neuroradiology December 2013, 34 (12) 2294-2297; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3591
C.C. Pieper
aFrom the Department of Radiology (C.C.P.), University of Bonn, Germany
bDepartments of Radiology (C.C.P., W.L.H., H.S.)
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I.K. Teismann
cNeurology (I.K.T.), University of Muenster, Germany
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C. Konrad
dDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (C.K.), University of Marburg, Germany.
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W.L. Heindel
bDepartments of Radiology (C.C.P., W.L.H., H.S.)
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