Magnetic iron compounds in the human brain: A comparison of tumour and hippocampal tissue

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 833-841

  Brem, Franziska ^a   Hirt, Ann M ^a   Winklhofer, Michael ^b   Frei, Karl ^c   Yonekawa, Yasuhiro ^c   Wieser, Heinz Gregor ^d   Dobson, Jon ^e  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain ferritin; Brain iron; Hippocampus; Magnetic properties; Magnetite; Meningioma

Indexed keywords

FERRIC OXIDE; FERRITIN; IRON; MAGNETITE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MENINGIOMA; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33845459342     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2006.0133     Document Type: Article

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