The quest for characterizing exosomes: Circulating nano-sized vesicles

Journal of Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1-

  Sharma, Shivani ^a   Gimzewski, James K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

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EID: 84878043167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21577439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4172/2157-7439.1000e115     Document Type: Editorial

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