Clinical significance of microvessel density and vascular endothelial growth factor expression in hepatocellular carcinoma and surrounding liver: Possible involvement of vascular endothelial growth factor in the angiogenesis of cirrhotic liver

Hepatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1554-1562

  El Assal, Osama N ^a   Yamanoi, Akira ^a   Soda, Yukiko ^a   Yamaguchi, Minekazu ^a   Igarashi, Masahiko ^a   Yamamoto, Akitaka ^a   Nabika, Toru ^a   Nagasue, Naofumi ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOKINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0031778206     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510270613     Document Type: Article

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