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Two-photon Intravital Imaging of Leukocytes During the Immune Response in Lipopolysaccharide-treated Mouse Liver
Published on: February 6, 2018
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Response: Transient liver modifications associated with abdominal sepsis are various and underestimated
Maxime Ronot1,2, Valérie Vilgrain3,4
1Radiology Department, Beaujon Hospital, University Hospitals Paris Nord Val de Seine, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, APHP, 100, Bd du Général Leclerc, 92110, Clichy, France. maxime.ronot@aphp.fr.
European Radiology
|March 24, 2016
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