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Can solid-state MAS NMR accurately quantify crystalline cholesterol and calcium phosphate hydroxyapatite in intact human atherosclerotic plaques ex vivo?
Can solid-state MAS NMR accurately quantify crystalline cholesterol and calcium phosphate hydroxyapatite in intact human atherosclerotic plaques ex vivo?
Solid-state MAS NMR provides a nondestructive, rapid method for ex vivo quantification of crystalline cholesterol and calcium phosphate in intact human atherosclerotic plaques.
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No immediate clinical application for plaque assessment; leaves open development of in vivo NMR-based compositional imaging.
Guo et al. (2000) studied this question.
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