| Range |
in infants 40%: at age of 70 years 60% %
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| Organism |
Human Homo sapiens |
| Reference |
Chan BY, Gill KG, Rebsamen SL, Nguyen JC. MR Imaging of Pediatric Bone Marrow. Radiographics. 2016 Oct36(6):1911-1930 DOI: 10.1148/rg.2016160056 p.1912 right column top paragraphPubMed ID27726743
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| Primary Source |
[1] Steiner RM, Mitchell DG, Rao VM, Schweitzer ME. Magnetic resonance imaging of diffuse bone marrow disease. Radiol Clin North Am 1993 31(2):383–409.PubMed ID8446756
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| Comments |
P.1912 right column top paragraph: "The red marrow appears red due to the presence of hemoglobin. It represents the hematopoietic portion of the bone marrow, with roughly 60% hematopoietic cells and 40% adipocytes. Its fat fraction increases with age, from 40% in infants to 60% by age 70 years (primary source)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
117069 |