Peripheral blood platelets express VEGF-C and VEGF which are released during platelet activation

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 171-175

  Wartiovaara, Ulla ^a   Salven, Petri ^a   Mikkola, Hanna ^a   Lassila, Riitta ^b   Kaukonen, Jaakko ^a   Joukov, Vladimir ^c   Orpana, Arto ^a   Ristimäki, Ari ^a   Heikinheimo, Markku ^a   Joensuu, Heikki ^a   Alitalo, Kari ^c   Palotie, Aarno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b WIHURI RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA THROMBOGLOBULIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; TUMOR GROWTH; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031947050     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615158     Document Type: Article

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