Cine phase-contrast MRI evaluation of normal aqueductal cerebrospinal fluid flow according to sex and age

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 227-231

  Ünal, Özkan ^a   Kartum, Alp ^a   Avcu, Serhat ^a   Etlik, Ömer ^a   Arslan, Halil ^a   Bora, Aydin ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cerebral aqueduct; Cerebrospinal fluid; Magnetic resonance imaging, cine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 74549223029     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.2321-08.1     Document Type: Article

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