Quantitative analysis of microvascular changes in diffuse astrocytic neoplasms with increasing grade of malignancy

Human Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 352-358

  Wesseling, Pieter ^a   Van Der Laak, Jeroen A W M ^b   Link, Monique ^b   Teepen, Hans L J M ^b   Ruiter, Dirk J ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Glioblastoma multiforme; Image analysis; Neovascularization

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROVASCULARIZATION; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0031776235     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(98)90115-0     Document Type: Article

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