Use of a Blood-Pool Contrast Agent for MR-Guided Vascular Procedures
✍ Scribed by Wacker, Frank K; Wendt, Michael; Ebert, Wolfgang; Hillenbrandt, Claudia; Wolf, Karl-Jüurgen; Lewin, Jonathan S
- Book ID
- 122035247
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 538 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1076-6332
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