Magnetic resonance image-based cerebellar volumetry in healthy Korean adults

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 270, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 149-152

  Rhyu, Im Joo ^a   Cho, Tai Hyoung ^a   Lee, Nam Joon ^a   Uhm, Chang Sub ^a   Kim, Hyun ^a   Suh, Young Suk ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aging; Gender; Magnetic resonance imaging; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH KOREA;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0345279962     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00487-5     Document Type: Article

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