Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 24, Issue 5 , Pages 603-609 , June 2006

Magnetic resonance imaging of microvascular leakage induced by myocardial contrast echocardiography in rats

Received 16 September 2005 ,Accepted 3 December 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2005.12.014

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 24, Issue 5 , Pages 603-609 , June 2006

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