Assessment of Pineal Gland Volume and Calcification in Healthy Subjects: Is it Related to Aging?
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* Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey [email protected], [email protected] † Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey [email protected], [email protected] ‡ Hitit University Training and Research Hospital, Department of Radiology, Corum, Turkey [email protected] § Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey [email protected] Corresponding author: Mehtap Beker-Acay, MD ORIGINAL ARTICLE
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