Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 7 , Pages 1004-1013 , September 2010

Tracking of transplanted mesenchymal stem cells labeled with fluorescent magnetic nanoparticle in liver cirrhosis rat model with 3-T MRI

  • Tae Hee Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Ajou University, School of Medicine, Kyongi-Do 442-749, South Korea
    • ,
  • Jai Keun Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Ajou University, School of Medicine, Kyongi-Do 442-749, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiology, Ajou University, School of Medicine, Ajou University Medical Center, Yongtong-Gu, Suwon, Kyongi-Do 442-749, South Korea. Tel.: +82 31 219 5843; fax: +82 31 219 5862.
    • ,
  • Wooyoung Shim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University, Kyongi-Do 442-749, South Korea
    • ,
  • Sun Yong Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Ajou University, School of Medicine, Kyongi-Do 442-749, South Korea
    • ,
  • Tae Jun Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Ajou University, School of Medicine, Kyongi-Do 442-749, South Korea
    • ,
  • Jae Yeon Jung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Ajou University, School of Medicine, Kyongi-Do 442-749, South Korea

Received 6 August 2009 ,Revised 22 February 2010 ,Accepted 11 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2010.03.047

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 7 , Pages 1004-1013 , September 2010

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