Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 2 , Pages 88-102 , March 2007

Assessment of Age-Related Morphological and Functional Changes of Selected Structures of the Head and Neck by Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Positron Emission Tomography

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doi: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2006.10.003

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 2 , Pages 88-102 , March 2007

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