Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 221-230 , April 2002

MRI measurement of blood-brain barrier permeability following spontaneous reperfusion in the starch microsphere model of ischemia

  • Neil G Harris

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44-1223-76.20.92; fax: +44-1223-33.11.74
    • Unit of Biophysics, Institute of Child Health, University of London, London, United Kingdom and Academic Neurosurgery, Centre for Brain Repair & Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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  • Victoria Gauden

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Cardiovascular Biology & Medicine, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom
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  • Paul A Fraser

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Cardiovascular Biology & Medicine, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom
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  • Stephen R Williams

      Affiliations

    • Imaging Science & Biomedical Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Geoff J.M Parker

      Affiliations

    • Imaging Science & Biomedical Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
    • NMR Unit, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, United Kingdom

Received 24 December 2001 ,Accepted 23 March 2002.

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 221-230 , April 2002

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