Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in cerebellar hemangioblastomas does not correlate with tumor angiogenesis

Cancer Letters

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 213-217

  Vaquero, Jesús ^a   Zurita, Mercedes ^a   Coca, Santiago ^a   Salas, Clara ^a   Oya, Santiago ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Cerebellar hemangioblastomas; Endothelial growth factors

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIGENS, CD34; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOKINES; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0032561293     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(98)00210-9     Document Type: Article

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