Locally administered vascular endothelial growth factor cDNA increases survival of ischemic experimental skin flaps

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2033-2039

  Taub, Peter J ^a   Marmur, Jonathan D ^a   Zhang, Wen X ^a   Senderoff, Douglas ^a   Nhat, Pham D ^a   Phelps, Robert ^a   Urken, Mark L ^a   Silver, Lester ^a   Weinberg, Hubert ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LIPOSOME; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE THERAPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN FLAP SURVIVAL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031773738     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199811000-00034     Document Type: Article

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