Prognostic value of vascular endothelial growth factor expression in primary lung carcinoma

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 119-126

  Sheng, HaiYun ^a   Aoe, Motoi ^a   Doihara, Hiroyoshi ^a   Andou, Akio ^a   Shimizu, Nobuyoshi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Multivariate analysis; Neoangiogenesis; Primary lung carcinoma; Prognostic value; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH FACTOR; LYMPHOKINE; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD VESSELS; CARCINOMA; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOKINES; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0034199244     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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