Vascular endothelial growth factor localization in human ovary and fallopian tubes: Possible role in reproductive function and ovarian cyst formation

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 353-359

  Gordon, John D ^a   Mesiano, Sam ^a   Zaloudek, Charles J ^a   Jaffe, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; OVARY CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOKINES; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN CYSTS; OVARY; RABBITS; REPRODUCTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

FALLOPIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030041561     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.1.353     Document Type: Article

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