Overexpression of vascular endothelial growth factor in the avian embryo induces hypervascularization and increased vascular permeability without alterations of embryonic pattern formation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 399-414

  Flamme, Ingo ^a   Von Reutern, Marie ^a   Drexler, Hannes C A ^a   Syed Ali, Sarwar ^b   Risau, Werner ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0028825887     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1995.1291     Document Type: Article

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