Evaluation of Skull Cortical Thickness Changes With Age and Sex From Computed Tomography Scans

• Published in: Journal of bone and mineral research Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 299 - 307
• Main Authors: Lillie, Elizabeth M, Urban, Jillian E, Lynch, Sarah K, Weaver, Ashley A, Stitzel, Joel D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Oxford University Press 01.02.2016
• Subjects: Adult; AGE CHANGES; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging; Brain Injuries - diagnostic imaging; Brain Injuries - epidemiology; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL THICKNESS; CRANIAL VAULT; Female; Frontal Bone - diagnostic imaging; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Occipital Bone - diagnostic imaging; Parietal Bone - diagnostic imaging; Sex Characteristics; SKULL; Skull Fractures - diagnostic imaging; Skull Fractures - epidemiology; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; CRANIAL VAULT; SKULL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL THICKNESS; AGE CHANGES

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