High prevalence of pineal cysts in healthy adults demonstrated by high-resolution, noncontrast brain MR imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1706-1709

  Pu, Yonglin ^a,b   Mahankali, S ^a,c   Hou, J ^a   Li, J ^a   Lancaster, J L ^a   Gao, J H ^a,b   Appelbaum, D E ^b   Fox, P T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CYST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY; PREVALENCE;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CYSTS; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PINEAL GLAND; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 35348951501     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0656     Document Type: Article

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