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Pilot in vivo toxicological investigation of boron nitride nanotubes

Gianni Ciofani1 Italian Institute of Technology, Center of MicroBioRobotics c\o Scuola Superiore Sant’AnnaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Serena Danti2 Department of Neuroscience, University of Pisa
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Giada Graziana Genchi1 Italian Institute of Technology, Center of MicroBioRobotics c\o Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna;3 The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
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Delfo D’Alessandro2 Department of Neuroscience, University of Pisa
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Jean-Luc Pellequer4 Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et Biotechnologie, Department of Biochemistry and Nuclear Toxicology, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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Michaël Odorico4 Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et Biotechnologie, Department of Biochemistry and Nuclear Toxicology, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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Virgilio Mattoli1 Italian Institute of Technology, Center of MicroBioRobotics c\o Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
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Mario Giorgi5 Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Veterinary Clinics Department, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Pages 19-24 | Published online: 04 Jan 2012

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