Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in retinoblastoma but not in posterior uveal melanoma

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 511-518

  Kvanta, Anders ^a,b   Steen, Björn ^a   Seregard, Stefan ^a  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

angiogenesis; gene expression; posterior uveal melanoma; retinoblastoma; vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; UVEA MELANOMA;

EID: 0030296155     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0141     Document Type: Article

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