Age-Related Vascular Changes in the Epiphysis, Physis, and Metaphysis: Normal Findings on Gadolinium-Enhanced MRI of Piglets

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 353-360

  Jaramillo, Diego ^a   Villegas Medina, Olga L ^b   Doty, David K ^b   Rivas, Roberto ^c   Strife, Katherine ^b   Dwek, Jerry R ^b   Mulkern, Robert V ^b   Shapiro, Frederic ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM; GADOTERIDOL; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARTILAGE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAPHYSIS; EPIPHYSIS; FEMUR; GROWTH PLATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METAPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SWINE; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 1642528079     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.182.2.1820353     Document Type: Article

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