Ultrastructural interactions in the microvasculature of human endometrial adenocarcinoma

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 76-86

  Horbelt, Douglas V ^a   Roberts, Daniel K ^a   Parmley, Tim H ^b   Delmore, James E ^a   Walker Bupp, Nola J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c WESLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Angiogenesis; Human endometrium; Microvasculature; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CONTACT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0032922013     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1998.5333     Document Type: Article

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