The vascular endothelial growth factor family; proteins which guide the development of the vasculature

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 255-265

  Achen, Marc G ^a   Stacker, Steven A ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Embryogenesis; Tumour development; Vasculogenesis; VEGF

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SKIN GRAFT; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; BLOOD VESSELS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; HUMANS; LYMPHOKINES; NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0031757269     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2613.1998.700404.x     Document Type: Review

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