VEGF, bFGF and EGF in the angiogenesis of human melanoma xenografts

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 836-841

  Danielsen, Turi ^a   Rofstad, Einar K ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW; TUMOR GROWTH; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOKINES; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; RABBITS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0032503495     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19980610)76:6<836::AID-IJC12>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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