Age-dependent changes in magnetization transfer contrast of white matter in the pediatric brain

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1923-1929

  Engelbrecht, Volkher ^a   Rassek, Margarethe ^a   Preiss, Sabine ^a   Wald, Christoph ^a   Mödder, Ulrich ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYELINATION; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGING; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0032471395     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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