Contrast enhancement by differently sized paramagnetic MRI contrast agents in mice with two phenotypes of atherosclerotic plaque
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عنوان ژورنال: Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1555-4309
DOI: 10.1002/cmmi.402