Combined analysis of vascular endothelial growth factor and platelet- derived endothelial cell growth factor expression in gastric carcinoma

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 545-550

  Maeda, Kiyoshi ^a   Kang, Soon Myoung ^a   Ogawa, Masafumi ^a   Onoda, Naoyoshi ^a   Sawada, Tetsuji ^a   Nakata, Bunzo ^a   Kato, Yasuyuki ^a   Chung, Yong Suk ^a   Sowa, Michio ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATELET DERIVED ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOKINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0030679665     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19971021)74:5<545::AID-IJC12>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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