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Treatment Evaluation of Amebic Liver Abscess by MR Imaging

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A major goal in medicine is to know the biomolecular and biophysical processes of the human body in normal states; how these processes are altered in the pathological conditions; and how the body by itself or by medical treatment revert the abnormal situation to a normal state.

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  1. Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Guillermo Elizondo, Ralph Weissleder, David D. Stark & Luis E. Todd

  2. Hospital Universitario UANL, Monterrey, NL, México

    Guillermo Elizondo, Ralph Weissleder, David D. Stark & Luis E. Todd

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  1. Department of Biochemistry School of Medicine, University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

    L. E. Cañedo

  2. Magnetic Resonance Unit, University Hospital, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

    L. E. Todd

  3. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA

    L. Packer

  4. International Biomedical Institute, Bari, Italy

    J. Jaz

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Elizondo, G., Weissleder, R., Stark, D.D., Todd, L.E. (1988). Treatment Evaluation of Amebic Liver Abscess by MR Imaging. In: Cañedo, L.E., Todd, L.E., Packer, L., Jaz, J. (eds) Cell Function and Disease. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0813-3_41

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