Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 7 , Pages 1076-1084 , July 2008

Ultrasound Imaging of Renal Vaso-Occlusive Events in Transgenic Sickle Mice Exposed to Hypoxic Stress

  • Philippe Bonnin

      Affiliations

    • Centre de recherche cardiovasculaire INSERM Lariboisière, INSERM U689, Paris, France
    • AP-HP, hôpital Lariboisière, Physiologie-Explorations Fonctionnelles, Université Denis Diderot Paris 7, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. Philippe Bonnin, Physiologie-Explorations Fonctionnelles, Hôpital Lariboisière, 2, rue Ambroise Paré, 75 475 Paris CEDEX 10 France.
    • ,
  • Nathalie Sabaa

      Affiliations

    • Centre de recherche cardiovasculaire INSERM Lariboisière, INSERM U689, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Martin Flamant

      Affiliations

    • Centre de recherche cardiovasculaire INSERM Lariboisière, INSERM U689, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Haythem Debbabi

      Affiliations

    • AP-HP, hôpital Lariboisière, Physiologie-Explorations Fonctionnelles, Université Denis Diderot Paris 7, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Pierre Louis Tharaux

      Affiliations

    • Centre de recherche cardiovasculaire INSERM Lariboisière, INSERM U689, Paris, France

Received 20 August 2007 ,Revised 29 November 2007 ,Accepted 3 December 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.12.003

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 7 , Pages 1076-1084 , July 2008

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