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Diagnostic agent

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5825305
A diagnostic agent for intravascular administration into blood vessels composed of radioactively labelled particles suspended in a physiologically acceptable aqueous liquid, said particles having a size so selected that they clog fine blood vessels having a diameter within the range 5 to 300 ..mu..m, said particles consisting of a three-dimensional, water-insoluble, hydrophilic, swellable, cross-linked network of polysaccharide substances, and the method of using this diagnostic agent. 14 claims.
Assignee:
Pharmacia Aktiebolag
Patent Number(s):
US 4126669
OSTI ID:
5825305
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English