Appropriate Normal Range of Lumbar Disc T1rho of Men and Women with Respect to Physiological Aging

Yì Xiáng J Wáng

doi:10.1055/s-0043-124192

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Rofo 2018; 190(06): 560
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-124192

Letter to the Editor

Appropriate Normal Range of Lumbar Disc T1rho of Men and Women with Respect to Physiological Aging

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Yì Xiáng J Wáng

Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR

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