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M Lewin1, O Clément, P Belguise-Valladier

  • 1Laboratoire d'Imagerie, Unité Inserm 494, Faculty of Medecine Necker, Paris, France.

Investigative Radiology
|February 15, 2001
PubMed
Summary

Gadolinium ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-EOB-DTPA) is taken up by normal liver cells but not liver cancer cells, limiting its use as a gene therapy vector. Further improvements are needed for effective gene transfer in hepatocellular carcinoma.

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