Circulating Fibrocytes: Cellular Basis for NSF

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-39

  Bucala, Richard ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

circulating fibrocytes; MRI contrast; nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy; Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis; pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

BLOOD CELL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TRANSPORT; CIRCULATING FIBROCYTE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; NEPHROGENIC FIBROSING DERMOPATHY; NEPHROGENIC SYSTEMIC FIBROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW;

EID: 37549054672     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2007.08.016     Document Type: Review

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