Age-related changes in normal adult pancreas: MR imaging evaluation

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2093-2098

  Sato, Tomohiro ^a   Ito, Katsuyoshi ^a   Tamada, Tsutomu ^a   Sone, Teruki ^a   Noda, Yasufumi ^a   Higaki, Atsushi ^a   Kanki, Akihiko ^a   Tanimoto, Daigo ^a   Higashi, Hiroki ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age related changes; Atrophy; Fatty degeneration; Lobulation; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Pancreas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PANCREAS; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS DUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PANCREAS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864646153     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.07.014     Document Type: Article

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