Intracranial physiological calcifications in adults on computed tomography in Tabriz, Iran

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-119

  Daghighi, M H ^a   Rezaei, V ^a   Zarrintan, S ^b   Pourfathi, H ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brain; Calcium; Deposition; Radiological imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CHOROID PLEXUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAHR DISEASE; FEMALE; HABENULA; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; IRAN; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PINEAL BODY; PINEAL BODY DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CHOROID PLEXUS; CRANIAL SINUSES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HABENULA; HUMANS; IRAN; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PINEAL GLAND; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34250666270     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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