Serum concentrations of vascular endothelial growth factor in collagen diseases

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1049-1051

  Kikuchi, K ^a   Kubo, M ^a   Kadono, T ^a   Yazawa, N ^a   Ihn, H ^a   Tamaki, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; VITAL CAPACITY; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLLAGEN DISEASES; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LYMPHOKINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMYOSITIS; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0032435446     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02563.x     Document Type: Article

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