Organic Nitrate Maintains Bone Marrow Blood Perfusion in Ovariectomized Female Rats: A Dynamic, Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
3. Experimental Section
3.1. Animal Studies
3.2. In vitro Studies
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Conflict of Interest
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Wang, Y.-X.J.; Ko, C.H.; Griffith, J.F.; Deng, M.; Wong, H.L.; Gu, T.; Huang, Y. Organic Nitrate Maintains Bone Marrow Blood Perfusion in Ovariectomized Female Rats: A Dynamic, Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Study. Pharmaceutics 2013, 5, 23-35. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics5010023
Wang Y-XJ, Ko CH, Griffith JF, Deng M, Wong HL, Gu T, Huang Y. Organic Nitrate Maintains Bone Marrow Blood Perfusion in Ovariectomized Female Rats: A Dynamic, Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Study. Pharmaceutics. 2013; 5(1):23-35. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics5010023
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Yi-Xiang J., Chun Hay Ko, James F. Griffith, Min Deng, Hing Lok Wong, Tao Gu, and Yu Huang. 2013. "Organic Nitrate Maintains Bone Marrow Blood Perfusion in Ovariectomized Female Rats: A Dynamic, Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Study" Pharmaceutics 5, no. 1: 23-35. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics5010023
APA StyleWang, Y.-X. J., Ko, C. H., Griffith, J. F., Deng, M., Wong, H. L., Gu, T., & Huang, Y. (2013). Organic Nitrate Maintains Bone Marrow Blood Perfusion in Ovariectomized Female Rats: A Dynamic, Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Study. Pharmaceutics, 5(1), 23-35. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics5010023