Sex differences in brain aging: A quantitative magnetic resonance imaging study

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-179

  Coffey, C Edward ^a   Lucke, Joseph F ^b   Saxton, Judith A ^c   Ratcliff, Graham ^c   Unitas, Lori Jo ^b   Billig, Brenda ^b   Bryan, R Nick ^d  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY SINGER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031935568     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.55.2.169     Document Type: Article

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