Immunohistochemical localization of vascular endothelial growth factor in the endocrine glands of the rat

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-28

  Fan, Liying ^a   Iseki, Shoichi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CELL GROWTH; ENDOCRINE GLAND; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT;

EID: 0031955877     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.61.17     Document Type: Article

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