Ultrasound Molecular Imaging of Angiogenesis Using Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-Conjugated Microbubbles.

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Published in Mol Pharm on February 15, 2017

Authors

Jianjun Wang1, Bin Qin1, Xucai Chen1, William R Wagner2, Flordeliza S Villanueva1

Author Affiliations

1: Center of Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States.
2: McGowan Center for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States.

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