The absence of autonomic perivascular nerves in human colorectal liver metastases

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 349-359

  Ashraf, S ^a   Crowe, R ^a   Loizidou, M C ^a   Turmaine, M ^a   Taylor, I ^a   Burnstock, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood vessels; Liver; Metastases; Nerves

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; GENE PRODUCT; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INNERVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER METASTASIS; MICROSCOPY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0030070861     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.60     Document Type: Article

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