In vivo volumetric MRI in drug discovery: a preclinical study of the ezetimibe therapeutic efficacy on atherosclerotic plaque burden in the thoracic ascending arterial tree in apoE-/- mice
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H. Tang, C. H. Chang, D. Suresch, L. A. Mcnamara, C. Tong, B. Misselwitz, D. Zhou, B. M. Connolly, J. Xu, X. Chen, X. Shen, C. Zhang, E. L. Rickes, M. Mariano, K. Azer, J. Wang, C. Sur, D. S. Williams, M. Klimas, A. S. Plump, R. Hargreaves, and H. Liu Imaging, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ, United States, Cadiovascular Disease, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ, United States, Biometrics, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ, United States, TRG Diagnostic Imaging, Bayer Schering Pharma AG., Berlin, Germany, Applied Computer Science & Math, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ, United States, LAR, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ, United States
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