Macrophages and microvessel density in tumors of the ovary

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-50

  Orre, Maxine ^a   Rogers, Peter A W ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Macrophages; Microvessel density; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CELL INFILTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MICROVASCULATURE; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0032947103     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1998.5292     Document Type: Article

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