Sensitive CEST agents based on nucleic a
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Karim Snoussi; Jeff W.M. Bulte; Maurice Guéron; Peter C.M. van Zijl
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract It is shown that the exchange properties of the imino and hydroxyl protons of polyuridilic acid (poly(rU)) allow use of this compound as a chemical‐exchange saturation transfer (CEST) contrast agent. A proton/proton sensitivity enhancement factor of over 5000 per imino proton allowed th