In vitro studies of a new thrombus-specific ultrasound contrast agent

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 12 A, 1998, Pages 58G-61G

  Unger, Evan C ^a,b   McCreery, Thomas P ^a   Sweitzer, Robert H ^a   Shen, DeKang ^a   Wu, Guanli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ImaRx Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAPEPTIDE; LIPOSOME; MRX 408; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET ORGAN; THROMBUS;

EID: 0032543535     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00055-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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