Vascular architecture of human urinary bladder carcinoma: A SEM study of corrosion casts

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 433, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 145-151

  Miodonski A J ^a   Bugajski, A ^a   Litwin, J A ^a   Piasecki, Z ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Bladder cancer; Blood vessels; Corrosion casting

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CAPILLARY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VASCULARIZATION; VENULE;

ARTERIOLES; CAPILLARIES; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CORROSION CASTING; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; VENULES;

EID: 0031666591     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004280050229     Document Type: Article

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