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[Pharmacokinetics and tissue distribution of long circulating liposomes in rabbits and mice]

Chao Ma1, An-ren Kuang

  • 1Department of Nuclear Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.

Sichuan Da Xue Xue Bao. Yi Xue Ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical Science Edition
|April 20, 2011
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