Accelerated flap prefabrication with vascular endothelial growth factor

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-49

  Li, Qing F ^a   Reis, Ernane D ^a   Zhang, Wen X ^a   Silver, Lester ^a   Fallon, John T ^a   Weinberg, Hubert ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVASCULARIZATION; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; LYMPHOKINES; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TAIL; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0033968568     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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