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  1. The objective of the present study was to elucidate the humoral and cellular immune response mechanisms by which a reformulated inactivated chimeric PCV1-2 vaccine reduces the PCV2 viremia. Forty PCV2 seronega...

    Authors: Hwi Won Seo, Yeonsu Oh, Kiwon Han, Changhoon Park and Chanhee Chae
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:194
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  2. Sapoviruses are single stranded positive sense RNA viruses belonging to the family Caliciviridae. The virus is detected in different species including the human and the porcine species as an enteric pathogen caus...

    Authors: Axel Mauroy, Wim H M Van der Poel, Renate Hakze-Van der Honing, Christine Thys and Etienne Thiry
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:193
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  3. Animal disease monitoring and surveillance are crucial for ensuring the health of animals, humans and the environment. Many studies have investigated the utility of monitoring syndromes associated with data fr...

    Authors: Terri L O’Sullivan, Robert M Friendship, David L Pearl, Beverly McEwen and Catherine E Dewey
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:192
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  4. Most countries carrying out campaigns of bovine tuberculosis (TB) eradication impose a ban on the use of mycobacterial vaccines in cattle. However, vaccination against paratuberculosis (PTB) in goats is often ...

    Authors: Bernat Pérez de Val, Miquel Nofrarías, Sergio López-Soria, Joseba M Garrido, H Martin Vordermeier, Bernardo Villarreal-Ramos, Maite Martín, Eugenia Puentes, Ramón A Juste and Mariano Domingo
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:191
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  5. Pulsed wave (PW) Doppler echocardiography has become a routine non invasive cardiac diagnostic tool in most species. However, evaluation of intracardiac blood flow requires reference values, which are poorly d...

    Authors: Aurélia A Leroux, Frédéric Farnir, Marie L Moonen, Charlotte F Sandersen, Stefan Deleuze and Hélène Amory
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:190
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  6. Ebolaviruses induce lethal viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) in humans and non-human primates, with the exceptions of Reston virus (RESTV), which is not pathogenic for humans. In human VHF cases, extensive analy...

    Authors: Satoshi Taniguchi, Yusuke Sayama, Noriyo Nagata, Tetsuro Ikegami, Mary E Miranda, Shumpei Watanabe, Itoe Iizuka, Shuetsu Fukushi, Tetsuya Mizutani, Yoshiyuki Ishii, Masayuki Saijo, Hiroomi Akashi, Yasuhiro Yoshikawa, Shigeru Kyuwa and Shigeru Morikawa
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:189
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  7. More and more countries hold databases on cattle movements. The primary purpose of the registration of cattle movements is to provide data for quick tracing of contagious animals in case of disease outbreaks a...

    Authors: Henriëtte Brouwer, Chris J M Bartels, Arjan Stegeman and Gerdien van Schaik
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:188
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  8. Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is worldwide distributed and highly endemic in Argentina. Among the strategies to prevent BLV dissemination, a control plan based on the selective segregation of animals according t...

    Authors: Gerónimo Gutiérrez, Hugo Carignano, Irene Alvarez, Cecilia Martínez, Natalia Porta, Romina Politzki, Mariela Gammella, Marina Lomonaco, Norberto Fondevila, Mario Poli and Karina Trono
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:187
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  9. Bovine congenital pseudomyotonia (PMT) is an impairment of muscle relaxation induced by exercise preventing animals from performing rapid movements. Forms of recessively inherited PMT have been described in di...

    Authors: Leonardo Murgiano, Roberta Sacchetto, Stefania Testoni, Tiziano Dorotea, Francesco Mascarello, Rocco Liguori, Arcangelo Gentile and Cord Drögemüller
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:186
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  10. Pain and impaired mobility because of osteoarthritis (OA) is common in dogs and humans. Efficacy studies of analgesic drug treatment of dogs with naturally occurring OA may be challenging, as a caregiver place...

    Authors: Sarah Malek, Susannah J Sample, Zeev Schwartz, Brett Nemke, Peer B Jacobson, Elizabeth M Cozzi, Susan L Schaefer, Jason A Bleedorn, Gerianne Holzman and Peter Muir
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:185
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  11. This study aimed to identify risk factors for active porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) infection at farm level and to assess the probability of an infected farm being detected through...

    Authors: Martina Velasova, Pablo Alarcon, Susanna Williamson and Barbara Wieland
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:184
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  12. Epidemiologic data collected during epidemics in the western United States combined with limited experimental studies involving swine and cattle suggest that host predilection of epidemic vesicular stomatitis ...

    Authors: Paul F Smith, Elizabeth W Howerth, Deborah Carter, Elmer W Gray, Raymond Noblet, Roy D Berghaus, David E Stallknecht and Daniel G Mead
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:183
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  13. The porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is a rapidly evolving pathogen of swine. At present, there is a high demand for safe and more effective vaccines that can be adapted regularly to...

    Authors: Marc F Geldhof, Merijn Vanhee, Wander Van Breedam, Jan Van Doorsselaere, Uladzimir U Karniychuk and Hans J Nauwynck
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:182
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  14. Echocardiography is a non-invasive method for assessment of the ovine and caprine heart. Complete reference ranges for cardiac dimensions and time indices for both species are not currently available and relia...

    Authors: Gayle D Hallowell, Timothy J Potter and I Mark Bowen
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:181
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  15. For optimal individual performance within any equestrian discipline horses must be in peak physical condition and have the correct psychological state. This review discusses the psychological factors that affe...

    Authors: Sebastian D McBride and Daniel S Mills
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:180
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  16. Equine laminitis is a devastating disease that causes severe pain in afflicted horses and places a major economic burden on the horse industry. In acute laminitis, the disintegration of the dermal-epidermal ju...

    Authors: Samantha M Steelman and Bhanu P Chowdhary
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:179
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  17. Cattle shedding at least 104 CFU Escherichia coli O157:H7/g feces are described as super-shedders and have been shown to increase transmission of E. coli O157:H7 to other cattle in feedlots. This study investigat...

    Authors: Kim Stanford, Chelsey A Agopsowicz and Tim A McAllister
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:178
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  18. Laser surgery is an attractive alternative to other means of section device in terms of tissue inflammation and interaction, which has been extensively used in human and veterinary medicine. Although accidenta...

    Authors: Tommaso Collarile, Nicola Di Girolamo, Giordano Nardini, Ivano Antonio Ciraci and Paolo Selleri
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:177
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  19. Reports of neoplasms in Panthera species are increasing, but they are still an uncommon cause of disease and death in captive wild felids. The presence of two or more primary tumor in large felids is rarely repor...

    Authors: Didier Q Cagnini, Breno S Salgado, Juliana L Linardi, Fabrizio Grandi, Rafael M Rocha, Noeme S Rocha, Carlos R Teixeira, Fabio Del Piero and Julio L Sequeira
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:176
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  20. The establishment of safe and effective protocols to treat chytridiomycosis in amphibians is urgently required. In this study, the usefulness of antibacterial agents to clear chytridiomycosis from infected amp...

    Authors: Mariska Muijsers, An Martel, Pascale Van Rooij, Kris Baert, Griet Vercauteren, Richard Ducatelle, Patrick De Backer, Francis Vercammen, Freddy Haesebrouck and Frank Pasmans
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:175
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  21. Concurrent infection with porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is known as one of the major causes for porcine respiratory disease complex (PRDC). Du...

    Authors: Yi-Chieh Tsai, Hui-Wen Chang, Chian-Ren Jeng, Tsang-Long Lin, Chun-Ming Lin, Cho-Hua Wan and Victor Fei Pang
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:174
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  22. Recent studies reported on the very complex morphology of the pulp system in equine cheek teeth. The continuous production of secondary dentine leads to distinct age-related changes of the endodontic cavity. D...

    Authors: Susan Kopke, Nina Angrisani and Carsten Staszyk
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:173
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  23. Outbreaks of pancreas disease (PD) greatly contribute to economic losses due to high mortality, control measures, interrupted production cycles, reduced feed conversion and flesh quality in the aquaculture ind...

    Authors: Saraya Tavornpanich, Mathilde Paul, Hildegunn Viljugrein, David Abrial, Daniel Jimenez and Edgar Brun
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:172
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  24. Contagious Agalactia (CA) is one of the major animal health problems in small ruminants because of its economic significance. Currently, four Mycoplasma spp. have been associated with this syndrome: M. agalactiae

    Authors: Jaime Ariza-Miguel, David Rodríguez-Lázaro and Marta Hernández
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:171
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  25. Ghrelin is a natural ligand of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHS-R). They are often co-expressed in multiple human tumors and related cancer cell lines what can indicate that the ghrelin/GHS-R axis...

    Authors: Kinga Majchrzak, Karol M Pawłowski, Emilia J Orzechowska, Izabella Dolka, Joanna Mucha, Tomasz Motyl and Magdalena Król
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:170
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  26. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent stem cells with capacity to differentiate into several mesenchymal lineages. This quality makes MSCs good candidates for use in cell therapy. MSCs can be isolated ...

    Authors: Jaber Lyahyai, Diego R Mediano, Beatriz Ranera, Arianne Sanz, Ana Rosa Remacha, Rosa Bolea, Pilar Zaragoza, Clementina Rodellar and Inmaculada Martín-Burriel
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:169
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  27. Bovine tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium bovis is primarily a disease of ruminants, particularly cattle (Bos primigenius) and buffalo (Syncerus caffer), and is endemic in most developing countries. To dat...

    Authors: Adrian Muwonge, Tone B Johansen, Edvardsen Vigdis, Jacques Godfroid, Francisco Olea-Popelka, Demelash Biffa, Eystein Skjerve and Berit Djønne
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:168
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  28. Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is associated with enzootic bovine leukosis, which is the most common neoplastic disease of cattle. BLV infects cattle worldwide, imposing a severe economic impact on the dairy catt...

    Authors: Mayuko Jimba, Shin-nosuke Takeshima, Hironobu Murakami, Junko Kohara, Naohiko Kobayashi, Tamako Matsuhashi, Takashi Ohmori, Tetsuo Nunoya and Yoko Aida
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:167
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  29. One of the purposes of treatment for dogs with mitral regurgitation (MR) is lowering left atrial pressure (LAP). There has been few study of the amlodipine in dogs with MR and amlodipine’s effect on LAP has no...

    Authors: Shuji Suzuki, Ryuji Fukushima, Taisuke Ishikawa, Yuta Yamamoto, Lina Hamabe, Soomin Kim, Rieko Yoshiyuki, Noboru Machida and Ryou Tanaka
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:166
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  30. The bacterium Coxiella burnetii has caused unprecedented outbreaks of Q fever in the Netherlands between 2007 and 2010. Since 2007, over 4000 human cases have been reported, with 2354 cases in 2009 alone. Dairy g...

    Authors: Arnout de Bruin, Pleunie TW van Alphen, Rozemarijn QJ van der Plaats, Lianne ND de Heer, Chantal BEM Reusken, Bart J van Rotterdam and Ingmar Janse
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:165
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  31. Pregnancy testing in cattle is commonly invasive requiring manual rectal palpation of the reproductive tract that presents risks to the operator and pregnancy. Alternative non-invasive tests have been develope...

    Authors: Gaetano D Gargiulo, Richard W Shephard, Jonathan Tapson, Alistair L McEwan, Paolo Bifulco, Mario Cesarelli, Craig Jin, Ahmed Al-Ani, Ning Wang and André van Schaik
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:164
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  32. The population of dogs and cats passing through rescue shelters may be subject to compromised welfare and increased susceptibility to disease. Little information exists to describe this population, its dynamic...

    Authors: Jenny Stavisky, Marnie L Brennan, Martin Downes and Rachel Dean
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:163
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  33. The conceptual validity of kinetic gait analysis and disability outcome assessment methods has guided their use in the assessment of pain caused by osteoarthritis (OA). No consensus on the best clinical method...

    Authors: Pascale Rialland, Sylvain Bichot, Maxim Moreau, Martin Guillot, Bertrand Lussier, Dominique Gauvin, Johanne Martel-Pelletier, Jean-Pierre Pelletier and Eric Troncy
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:162
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  35. Glucocorticoids have been proven to be effective in the therapy of recurrent airway obstruction (RAO) in horses via systemic as well as local (inhalative) administration. Elective analysis of the effects of th...

    Authors: Maria Fugazzola, Ann-Kristin Barton, Frank Niedorf, Manfred Kietzmann and Bernhard Ohnesorge
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:160
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  36. A common approach to the application of epidemiological models is to determine a single (point estimate) parameterisation using the information available in the literature. However, in many cases there is cons...

    Authors: Ross S Davidson, Iain J McKendrick, Joanna C Wood, Glenn Marion, Alistair Greig, Karen Stevenson, Michael Sharp and Michael R Hutchings
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:159
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  37. Understanding the pathogenesis of the chiari-like malformation in the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (CKCS) is incomplete, and current hypotheses do not fully explain the development of syringomyelia (SM) in th...

    Authors: Martin Jürgen Schmidt, Nele Ondreka, Maren Sauerbrey, Holger Andreas Volk, Christoph Rummel and Martin Kramer
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:158
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  38. An un-commissioned randomized, double-blinded, placebo controlled clinical study was planned using a deep sea fish oil product for pets. Seventy-seven client-owned dogs with osteoarthritis were randomly assign...

    Authors: Anna Hielm-Björkman, Johanna Roine, Kari Elo, Anu Lappalainen, Jouni Junnila and Outi Laitinen-Vapaavuori
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:157
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  39. There is poor understanding of most aspects of Clostridium perfringens type A as a possible cause of neonatal diarrhea in piglets, and the prevalence and types of C. perfringens present on Ontario swine farms is ...

    Authors: Gloria Chan, Abdolvahab Farzan, Glenn Soltes, Vivian M Nicholson, Yanlong Pei, Robert Friendship and John F Prescott
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:156
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  40. Noroviruses (NoVs) are members of the family Caliciviridae and are emerging enteric pathogens of humans and animals. Some porcine NoVs are genetically similar to human strains and are classified into GII, like mo...

    Authors: Quan Shen, Wen Zhang, Shixing Yang, Zhibiao Yang, Yan Chen, Li Cui, Jianguo Zhu and Xiuguo Hua
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:155
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  41. The allergic test of mallein is one of the most frequently used tests, together with the Complement Fixation Test (CFT), for the diagnosis of glanders in endemic areas. Mallein, a purified protein derivative (...

    Authors: Maurício Baltazar de Carvalho Filho, Rodrigo Mauro Ramos, Antônio Augusto Fonseca Jr, Lívia de Lima Orzil, Mariana Lázaro Sales, Vania Lucia de Assis Santana, Marcilia Maria Alves de Souza, Evandro dos Reis Machado, Paulo Rodrigues Lopes Filho, Rômulo Cerqueira Leite and Jenner Karlisson Pimenta dos Reis
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:154
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  42. Dehorning is a common practice involving calves on dairy operations in the United States. However, less than 20% of producers report using analgesics or anesthetics during dehorning. Administration of a system...

    Authors: Johann F Coetzee, Ruby A Mosher, Butch KuKanich, Ronette Gehring, Brad Robert, J Brandon Reinbold and Brad J White
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:153
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  43. Brachycephalic dogs have unique upper respiratory anatomy with abnormal breathing patterns similar to those in humans with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). The objective of this study was to evaluate t...

    Authors: Marta Planellas, Rafaela Cuenca, Maria-Dolores Tabar, Coralie Bertolani, Cyrill Poncet, Josep M Closa, Juan Lorente, Jose J Cerón and Josep Pastor
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:152
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  44. Abattoir detected pathologies are of crucial importance to both pig production and food safety. Usually, more than one pathology coexist in a pig herd although it often remains unknown how these different path...

    Authors: Manuel J Sanchez-Vazquez, Mirjam Nielen, Sandra A Edwards, George J Gunn and Fraser I Lewis
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:151
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  45. Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) and adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (AT-MSCs) are potential cellular sources of therapeutic stem cells. MSCs are a multipotent population of c...

    Authors: Hiroshi Takemitsu, Dongwei Zhao, Ichiro Yamamoto, Yasuji Harada, Masaki Michishita and Toshiro Arai
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:150
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  46. The uncontrolled presence of African swine fever (ASF) in Russian Federation (RF) poses a serious risk to the whole European Union (EU) pig industry. Although trade of pigs and their products is banned since t...

    Authors: Lina Mur, Beatriz Martínez-López and José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:149
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  47. Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a chronic infectious disease mainly caused by Mycobacterium bovis. Although eradication is a priority for the European authorities, bTB remains active or even increasing in many count...

    Authors: Víctor Rodríguez-Prieto, Beatriz Martínez-López, José Ángel Barasona, Pelayo Acevedo, Beatriz Romero, Sabrina Rodriguez-Campos, Christian Gortázar, José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno and Joaquín Vicente
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:148
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  48. Recently, metabolic syndrome (MS) has gained attention in human metabolic medicine given its associations with development of type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. Canine obesity is associated w...

    Authors: Asta Tvarijonaviciute, Jose J Ceron, Shelley L Holden, Daniel J Cuthbertson, Vincent Biourge, Penelope J Morris and Alexander J German
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:147
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  49. The genetic diversity of Mycoplasma agalactiae (MA) isolates collected in Spain from goats in an area with contagious agalactia (CA) was assessed using a set of validated and new molecular typing methods. Validat...

    Authors: Christian De la Fe, Joaquín Amores, Florence Tardy, Eveline Sagne, Laurent-Xavier Nouvel and Christine Citti
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:146
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  50. Development of a method for long-term labeling of cells is critical to elucidate transplanted cell fate and migration as well as the contribution to tissue regeneration. Silica nanoparticles have been recently...

    Authors: Sei-Myoung Han, Hee-Woo Lee, Dong-Ha Bhang, Kyoung-Won Seo and Hwa-Young Youn
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:145
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