Vascular endothelial growth factor expression is increased in renal cell carcinoma

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1482-1486

  Nicol, David ^a,b   Hii, S U Ing ^a   Walsh, Michael ^a   Teh, Bin ^a   Thompson, Les ^a   Kennett, Colin ^a   Gotley, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

angiogenesis; renal cell carcinoma; vascular endothelial growth factor; vascular permeability factor; Western blot

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0030895147     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)65028-6     Document Type: Article

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