A mathematical model for capillary network formation in the absence of endothelial cell proliferation

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 109-114

  Anderson, A R A ^a,b   Chaplain, M A J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Chemotaxis; Endothelial cells; Haptotaxis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001257097     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-9659(98)00041-X     Document Type: Article

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