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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) plays an important role in pituitary workup. In this chapter we will discuss normal anatomy and imaging protocols and will describe the aspects of the most common pituitary diseases
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de Aguiar Kuriki, P.E. (2017). The Sella Turcica. In: de Souza, L., De Nicola, A., De Nicola, H. (eds) Atlas of Imaging in Infertility. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13893-0_11
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