Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 394-399 , April 2010

MR tracking of magnetically labeled mesenchymal stem cells in rats with liver fibrosis

Received 23 April 2009 ,Revised 7 September 2009 ,Accepted 6 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.12.005

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 394-399 , April 2010

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