Pitfalls in employing superparamagnetic iron oxide particles for stem cell labelling and in vivo MRI tracking

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 972, 2008, Pages 987-988

  Wang, Y X J ^a   Wang, H H ^b   Au, D W T ^c   Zou, B S ^d   Teng, L S ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC FERROCYANIDE; FERUCARBOTRAN; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE; ULTRASMALL SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

CELL LABELING; CELL SURFACE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPH NODE; MACROPHAGE; MATERIAL COATING; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IRON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXIDES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 56749093368     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/55991430     Document Type: Letter

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