Vascular endothelial growth factor - Its relation to neovascularization and their significance as prognostic factors in renal cell carcinoma

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 539-546

  Song, Ki Hak ^a   Song, Jisun ^a   Jeong, Goo Bo ^b   Kim, Jung Min ^a   Jung, Soon Hee ^a   Song, Jaemann ^a  

^a Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

^b Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Microvessel density; Renal cell carcinoma; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DENSITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KOREA; MALE; MEDIATOR; MICROVASCULATURE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NEPHRECTOMY; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBE; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0035169501     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2001.42.5.539     Document Type: Article

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