Ultrasound imaging of apoptosis: High-resolution non-invasive monitoring of programmed cell death in vitro, in situ and in vivo

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 520-527

  Czarnota, G J ^a   Kolios, M C ^a,b   Abraham, J ^a   Portnoy, M ^a   Ottensmeyer, F P ^a   Hunt, J W ^a   Sherar, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Chemotherapy; Photodynamic therapy; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DNA FRAGMENT;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; CELL CYCLE; CISPLATIN; DIHEMATOPORPHYRIN ETHER; DNA, NEOPLASM; HEMATOPORPHYRIN PHOTORADIATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032854611     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690724     Document Type: Article

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