Marvelous applications of quantum dots

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1141-1148

  Cheki, M ^a   Moslehi, M ^b   Assadi, M ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c BUSHEHR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Imaging; Nanomedicine; Quantum dot (QD); Theranosctics; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; DRUG CARRIER; FLUORESCENT DYE; LIPOFECTAMINE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DRUG CONJUGATION; EARLY CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIPOSOMAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MULTISPECTRAL FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCES; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84878565718     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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