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Clinical Feasibility of Molecular Imaging of Plaque Inflammation in Atherosclerosis

Nobuhiro Tahara, Tsutomu Imaizumi, Renu Virmani and Jagat Narula
Journal of Nuclear Medicine March 2009, 50 (3) 331-334; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.108.060376
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vol. 50 no. 3 331-334
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.108.060376
PubMed 
19223412

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Society of Nuclear Medicine
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0161-5505
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2159-662X
History 
  • Received for publication August 13, 2008
  • Accepted for publication December 3, 2008
  • Published online March 2, 2009.

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  1. Nobuhiro Tahara 1 , 2 ,
  2. Tsutomu Imaizumi 2 ,
  3. Renu Virmani 3 and
  4. Jagat Narula 1
  1. 1University of California, Irvine, California; 2Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan; and 3Cardiovascular Pathology Institute, Gaithersburg, Maryland
  1. For correspondence or reprints contact: Jagat Narula, University of California, UCI Medical Center, 101 The City Dr., Bldg. 53, Rt. 81, Orange, CA. E-mail: narula{at}uci.edu
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