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Pituitary Hypoplasia in Patients with a Mutation in the Growth hormone–releasing Hormone Receptor Gene

Robert A. Murray, Hiralal G. Maheshwari, Eric J. Russell and Gerhard Baumann
American Journal of Neuroradiology April 2000, 21 (4) 685-689;
Robert A. Murray
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (R.A.M., E.J.R.) and Medicine (H.G.M., G.B.) and the General Clinical Research Center, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL.
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Hiralal G. Maheshwari
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (R.A.M., E.J.R.) and Medicine (H.G.M., G.B.) and the General Clinical Research Center, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL.
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Eric J. Russell
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (R.A.M., E.J.R.) and Medicine (H.G.M., G.B.) and the General Clinical Research Center, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL.
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Gerhard Baumann
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (R.A.M., E.J.R.) and Medicine (H.G.M., G.B.) and the General Clinical Research Center, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL.
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