Neovascular basement membrane and its significance in the biological behavior of astrocytic tumors

Neuropathology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 196-200

  Takekawa, Yoshinori ^a   Sawada, Tatsuo ^b   Sakurai, Isamu ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrocytic tumor; Basement membrane; Biological behavior; Histopathological grade; Neovasculature

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY KI 67; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CANCER GRADING; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030716423     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.1997.tb00038.x     Document Type: Article

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