Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in human brain tumors

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 453-462

  Nishikawa, Ryo ^a   Cheng, Shi Yuan ^b   Nagashima, Ritsuko ^a   Su Huang, H J ^b,c   Cavenee, Webster K ^b,c   Matsutani, Masao ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Germ cell tumor; Neurocytoma; Pituitary adenoma; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGIOMA; NERVE TUMOR; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TERATOMA;

ADENOMA; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ASTROCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOKINES; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; NEURONS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0031690268     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050919     Document Type: Article

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