Angiogenesis correlates with metastasis in melanoma

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 70-74

  Neitzel, Leslie T ^a   Neitzel, Craig D ^a   Magee, Karen L ^a   Malafa, Mokenge P ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Immunohistochemistry; Melanoma; Metastasis; Microvessels

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MICROVASCULATURE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); TUMOR BLOOD FLOW; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PATIENT SELECTION; ROC CURVE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033016510     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10434-999-0070-z     Document Type: Article

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