Variation of the apparent diffusion coefficient of skull bone marrow by age group, pubertal status, and gender in a pediatric population.
Erika PaceAndrew D MacKinnonNandita M deSouzaPublished in: Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987) (2019)
ADC of clivus bone marrow correlates with age in children. ADC decreases significantly after puberty, likely due to replacement of hypercellular marrow with fat. There are no gender-related differences in clivus bone-marrow ADC before or after puberty.