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Research Article

Development of superparamagnetic nanoparticles for MRI: effect of particle size, charge and surface nature on biodistribution

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Pages 245-255 | Received 06 Nov 1994, Accepted 10 Sep 1995, Published online: 27 Sep 2008

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