Dendrimer-Llinked Nitroxide MR Contrast Agents For Cartilage Imaging: Distribution In Cartilage, pH And Charge Dependence Of Solute Diffusion
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Dendrimer-Llinked Nitroxide MR Contrast Agents For Cartilage Imaging: Distribution In Cartilage, pH And Charge Dependence Of Solute Diffusion Carl S. Winalski1,2, Erika Schneider1, Hiroshi Yoshioka2, Sonya Shortkroff2, Gerald Rosen3 1Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 2Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA; 3Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD [email protected]
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