Mimicking Liver Iron Overload Using Liposomal Ferritin Preparations

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 607-611

  Wood, John C ^a   Fassler, Joe D ^b   Meade, Tom ^c,d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Hemochromatosis; Iron overload; Liver; Microspheres; MRI; Relaxometry; T 1; T2; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOMES; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSPHERES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SIGNAL SYSTEMS; SPECTROMETERS;

FERRITIN; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; IRON OVERLOADS; RELAXOMETRY; THALASSEMIA;

IRON;

AGAROSE; CETRIMIDE; CHLOROFORM; FERRITIN; IRON; LIPOSOME; METHANOL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEMOSIDEROSIS; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON STORAGE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER LYSOSOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM;

EID: 1542376663     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10735     Document Type: Article

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