Comparison of expression patterns for placenta growth factor, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), VEGF-B and VEGF-C in the human placenta throughout gestation

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 459-467

  Clark, D E ^a   Smith, S K ^a   Licence, D ^a   Evans, A L ^a   Charnock Jones, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ANALYSIS; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TROPHOBLAST;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DECIDUA; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHOKINES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TROPHOBLASTS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR B; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0032439247     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1590459     Document Type: Article

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