VEGF antagonism reduces edema formation and tissue damage after ischemia/reperfusion injury in the mouse brain

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1613-1620

  Van Bruggen, Nicholas ^a   Thibodeaux, Harold ^a   Palmer, James T ^a   Lee, Wyne P ^a   Fu, Ling ^a   Cairns, Belinda ^a   Tumas, Daniel ^a   Gerlai, Robert ^a   Williams, Simon Peter ^a   Van Lookeren Campagne, M ^a   Ferrara, Napoleone ^a  

^a GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; EXTRAVASATION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 0033404669     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI8218     Document Type: Article

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