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    Joseph C. Wu

  2. Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif

    Joseph C. Wu, Jeffrey R. Tseng & Sanjiv S. Gambhir

  3. Bio-X Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford

    Joseph C. Wu, Jeffrey R. Tseng & Sanjiv S. Gambhir

  4. Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology and Department of Radiology, Edwards Building, Room R-356, 300 Pasteur Dr, 94305-5324, Stanford, CA

    Sanjiv S. Gambhir

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Wu, J.C., Tseng, J.R. & Gambhir, S.S. Molecular imaging of cardiovascular gene products. J Nucl Cardiol 11, 491–505 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclcard.2004.04.004

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