Bone marrow fat content in the elderly: A reversal of sex difference seen in younger subjects

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 225-230

  Griffith, James F ^a   Yeung, David K W ^a   Ma, Heather Ting ^b   Leung, Jason Chi Shun ^a   Kwok, Timothy C Y ^a   Leung, Ping Chung ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

bone marrow; marrow fat; MR spectroscopy; osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BONE DENSITY; BONE MARROW; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84862736247     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23619     Document Type: Article

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