Placenta growth factor is abundantly expressed in human cervical squamous cell carcinoma

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 508-510

  Kodama, J ^a   Seki, N ^a   Tokumo, K ^a   Nakanishi, Y ^a   Yoshinouchi, M ^a   Kudo, T ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Cervical cancer; Placenta growth factor

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOLID TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR GROWTH; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030723882     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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