Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 371-381 , May 2007

Differences in binding of 99mTc-disintegrins to integrin αvβ3 on tumor and vascular cells

  • Linda C. Knight

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Department, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA. Tel.: +1 215 707 4940; fax: +1 215 707 8110.
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  • Jan E. Romano

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Department, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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  • Stephen C. Cosenza

      Affiliations

    • Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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  • Nabisa M. Iqbal

      Affiliations

    • Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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  • Cezary Marcinkiewicz

      Affiliations

    • Neuroscience Department, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA

Received 6 December 2006 ,Revised 30 January 2007 ,Accepted 16 February 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2007.02.004

Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 371-381 , May 2007