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Research ArticlePEDIATRIC NEUROIMAGING

Pituitary Gland Duplication Syndrome: An International Imaging Analysis

Ulrike Löbel, Martin Catala, Felice D’Arco, Maarten H. Lequin, Rosa Pasquariello, Pilvi Ilves, Dagmar Loorits, Annika Tähepõld, Giulio Pezzetti, Ian Craven, Mariasavina Severino and Andrea Rossi
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2025, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8534
Ulrike Löbel
aFrom the Department of Radiology (U.L., F.D.), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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Martin Catala
bLaboratory of Developmental Biology (M.C.), CNRS, Sorbonne-University, IPBS, Paris, France
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Felice D’Arco
aFrom the Department of Radiology (U.L., F.D.), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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Maarten H. Lequin
cDepartment of Radiology (M.H.L.), Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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Rosa Pasquariello
dDepartment of Developmental Neuroscience (R.P.), IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, Pisa, Italy
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Pilvi Ilves
eDepartment of Radiology (P.I., D.L., A.T.), Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
fDepartment of Radiology (P.I.), The University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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Dagmar Loorits
eDepartment of Radiology (P.I., D.L., A.T.), Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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Annika Tähepõld
eDepartment of Radiology (P.I., D.L., A.T.), Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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Giulio Pezzetti
gUOC Neuroradiologia (G.P.), ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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Ian Craven
hDepartment of Radiology (I.C.), Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Mariasavina Severino
iNeuroradiology Unit (M.S., A.R.), IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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Andrea Rossi
iNeuroradiology Unit (M.S., A.R.), IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
jDepartment of Health Sciences (DISSAL)(A.R.), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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Ulrike Löbel, Martin Catala, Felice D’Arco, Maarten H. Lequin, Rosa Pasquariello, Pilvi Ilves, Dagmar Loorits, Annika Tähepõld, Giulio Pezzetti, Ian Craven, Mariasavina Severino, Andrea Rossi
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