Pancreas
Studies from University of Ioannina, Department of Radiology add new findings in the area of pancreas in adolescents
Published in Gastroenterology Week, December 24th, 2007
Current study results from the report, 'Liver, bone marrow, pancreas and pituitary gland iron overload in young and adult thalassemic patients: a T2 relaxometry study,' have been published. According to recent research from Ioannina, Greece, "Thirty-seven patients with beta-thalassemia major, including 14 adolescents (15.2 ±3.0 years) and 23 adults (26.4 ±6.9 years), were studied. T2 relaxation time (T2) of the liver, bone marrow, pancreas and pituitary gland was measured in a 1.5-Tesla magnetic resonance (MR) imager, using a multiecho spin-echo sequence (TR/TE 2,000/20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 160 ms)."
"Pituitary gland height was evaluated in a...
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