Vascular endothelial growth factor expression is decreased in rat lung following exposure to 24 or 48 hours of hyperoxia: Implications for endothelial cell survival

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Volumn 114, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 52S-53S

  Perkett, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Klekamp, Jessica G ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HYPEROXIA; LUNG; LUNG ENDOTHELIUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RAT;

EID: 0031876691     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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