Vascular surface density in renal cell carcinoma: Morphometric assessment of tumor vascularization;Morphometrische Untersuchungen zur Vaskularisierung von Nierenzellkarzinomen

Aktuelle Urologie

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 317-322

  Gerharz, E W ^a,b   Kohler H H ^b   Barth, P J ^b   Weingartner K ^a   Bittinger, A ^b   Riedmiller, H ^a  

^a Zentrum Operative Medizin II

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grading; Renal cell carcinoma; Stereology; Tumor angiogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030521117     PISSN: 00017868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1055615     Document Type: Article

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