Transgenic mice with increased expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in the retina: A new model of intraretinal and subretinal neovascularization

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 281-291

  Okamoto, Naoyuki ^a   Tobe, Takao ^a   Hackett, Sean F ^a   Ozaki, Hiroaki ^a   Vinores, Melissa A ^a   LaRochelle, William ^b   Zack, Donald J ^a   Campochiaro, Peter A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EYE DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ISCHEMIA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LYMPHOKINES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0030844479     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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