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Gender Effects on Age-Related Changes in Brain Structure
Jiang Xu, Shotai Kobayashi, Shuhei Yamaguchi, Ken-ichi Iijima, Kazunori Okada and Kazuya Yamashita
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2000, 21 (1) 112-118;
Jiang Xu
aFrom the Department of Internal Medicine III (J.X., S.K., S.Y., K-I.I., K.O., K.Y.), Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan; and the Shimane Institute of Health Science (S.K.), Izumo, Japan.
Shotai Kobayashi
aFrom the Department of Internal Medicine III (J.X., S.K., S.Y., K-I.I., K.O., K.Y.), Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan; and the Shimane Institute of Health Science (S.K.), Izumo, Japan.
Shuhei Yamaguchi
aFrom the Department of Internal Medicine III (J.X., S.K., S.Y., K-I.I., K.O., K.Y.), Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan; and the Shimane Institute of Health Science (S.K.), Izumo, Japan.
Ken-ichi Iijima
aFrom the Department of Internal Medicine III (J.X., S.K., S.Y., K-I.I., K.O., K.Y.), Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan; and the Shimane Institute of Health Science (S.K.), Izumo, Japan.
Kazunori Okada
aFrom the Department of Internal Medicine III (J.X., S.K., S.Y., K-I.I., K.O., K.Y.), Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan; and the Shimane Institute of Health Science (S.K.), Izumo, Japan.
Kazuya Yamashita
aFrom the Department of Internal Medicine III (J.X., S.K., S.Y., K-I.I., K.O., K.Y.), Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan; and the Shimane Institute of Health Science (S.K.), Izumo, Japan.

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