Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 102-109 , Summer 2008

Seeing Is Believing: Tracking Cells to Determine the Effects of Cell Transplantation

  • Jeremy Pearl, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
    • ,
  • Joseph C. Wu, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
    • Department of Radiology, Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Joseph C. Wu, MD, PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine, Edwards Building R354, Stanford, CA 94305-5344

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PII: S1043-0679(08)00070-1

doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2008.04.002

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 102-109 , Summer 2008

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