Effect of ovariectomy on contrast agent diffusion into lumbar intervertebral disc: A dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI study in female rats

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 683-688

  Deng, Min ^a   Griffith, James F ^a   Zhu, Xiao Ming ^a   Poon, Wai S ^a   Ahuja, Anil T ^a   Wang, Yi Xiang J ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Dynamic MRI; Estrogen deficiency; Intervertebral disc; Lumbar; Ovariectomy; Wash in

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOTERIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; LUMBAR INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; LUMBAR SPINE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 84862832552     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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