Transition of horizontal to vertical growth phase melanoma is accompanied by induction of vascular endothelial growth factor expression and angiogenesis

Melanoma Research

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1997, Pages

  Erhard, Helmut ^a,b   Rietveld, Frank J R ^a   Van Altena, Margarethe C ^a   Bröcker, Eva B ^b   Ruiter, Dirk J ^a   De Waal, Robert M W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunoelectron microscopy; Metastasis; Vascular density

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0030778366     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-199708001-00005     Document Type: Article

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