MRI quantification in vivo of corticosteroid induced thymus involution in mice: Correlation with ex vivo measurements

Steroids

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 267-272

  Brooks, Keith J ^a   Bunce, Keith T ^a   Haase, Michael V ^a   White, Alan ^a   Changani, K Kumar ^a   Bate, Simon T ^a   Reid, David G ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Dexamethasone; Involution; Mouse; MRI; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CREMOPHOR; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; INVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN WEIGHT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYMUS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 15244352972     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2004.11.013     Document Type: Article

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