Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 30-40 , March 2008

Magnetic resonance imaging of contrast-enhanced polyelectrolyte complexes

  • Min Huang, MS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
    • Currently at the Department of Clinical Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, 171 Ashley Avenue, South Carolina 29425, USA.
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  • Zhixin L. Huang, MS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Hoglund Brain Imaging Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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  • Mehmet Bilgen, MSc, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Hoglund Brain Imaging Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
    • Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
    • Currently at the Department of Clinical Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, 171 Ashley Avenue, South Carolina 29425, USA.
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  • Cory Berkland, MS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
    • Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Departments of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, USA.

Received 29 June 2007 ,Accepted 8 October 2007.

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 The studies were funded by grants from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the American Heart Association, and National Institutes of Health grants P20 RR016443, R21 NS052610, and R21 NS054019 (M.B.).

 M Huang, Z.L. Huang, M. Bilgen, C. Berkland, Magentic resonance imaging of contrast-enhanced polyelectrolite complexes.Nanomedicine: NMB 2008; 4: 1-10, doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2007.10.085.

PII: S1549-9634(07)00249-3

doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2007.10.085

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 30-40 , March 2008

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