Contrast ultrasound targeted treatment of gliomas in mice via drug-bearing nanoparticle delivery and microvascular ablation

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 46, 2010, Pages

  Burke, Caitlin W ^a   Price, Richard J ^a,b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Issue 46; Medicine; Microbubbles; Nanoparticles; Targeted drug delivery; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355125666     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2145     Document Type: Article

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