Gadolinium-porphyrins: new potential magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents for melanoma detection
BACKGROUND: Two new porphyrin-based magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents, Gd-hematoporphyrin (Gd-H) and Gd-tetra-carboranylmethoxyphenyl-porphyrin (Gd-TCP) were synthesized and tested in nude mice with human melanoma (MM-138) xenografts as new melanoma contrast agents. METHODS:...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2006-11-01
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| Series: | Journal of Research in Medical Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.mui.ac.ir/jrms/article/view/165 |