Vascular endothelial growth factor: Possible role in fetal development and placental function

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 169-177

  Cheung, Cecilia Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Fetus; Growth factor; Permeability; Placenta

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; LYMPHOKINES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLACENTA; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0030882835     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5576(97)00025-7     Document Type: Article

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