Shiga University of Medical Science

Hiroyasu Taguchi

Takashi Okada

Hirohiko Kimura

Shigehiro Morikawa

Masanari Kato

Makoto Urushitani

Ikuo Tooyama

Daijiro Yanagisawa

Tomone Nagae

Nobuaki Shirai

Koichi Hirao

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Imaging diagnostic agent and extracorporeal diagnostic agent for incurable neurological diseases

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Otsu, Japan

Hiroyasu Taguchi