Can microbubbles be targeted to lymph nodes?

Radiology

Volumn 231, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 611-612

  Blomley, Martin ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

L SELECTIN; STREPTAVIDIN;

ACOUSTICS; AIR; ANTIBODY DETECTION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MICROBUBBLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SHORT SURVEY; TARGET ORGAN; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; L-SELECTIN; LYMPH NODES; MICROBUBBLES;

EID: 2442702979     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2313040214     Document Type: Short Survey

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