Age, gender, and interracial variability of normal lacrimal gland volume using MRI

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 388-391

  Bukhari, Amal A ^a   Basheer, Naushad A ^a   Joharjy, Heba I ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BRAIN; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INDIAN; INFANT; LACRIMAL GLAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NEURORADIOLOGIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; ORBIT; PARANASAL SINUS; RACE DIFFERENCE; AGING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANCESTRY GROUP; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84914700792     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: 15372677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000000117     Document Type: Article

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