Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and placenta growth factor in human placenta

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 489-494

  Vuorela, Piia ^a   Hatva, Erika ^b   Lymboussaki, Athina ^b   Kaipainen, Arja ^b   Joukov, Vladimir ^b   Persico, Maria Graziella ^c   Alitalo, Kari ^b   Halmesmäki, Erja ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHOKINES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TROPHOBLASTS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0031044769     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.2.489     Document Type: Article

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