Morphometric assessment of brain stem and cerebellar vermis with midsagittal MRI: The gender differences and effects of age

Neuroanatomy

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 35-38

  Murshed, Khalil Awadh ^a   Ziylan, Taner ^a   Seker, Muzaffer ^a   Cicekcibasi, Aynur Emine ^a   Acikgozoglu, Saim ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Cerebellar vermis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Measurement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CALCULATION; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVICE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; RADIOLOGIST; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 2942597778     PISSN: 13031783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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