Effect of venous ulcer exudates on angiogenesis in vitro

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 709-713

  Drinkwater, S L ^a   Smith, A ^a   Sawyer, B M ^a   Burnand, K G ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; LEG ULCER; LIQUID; MALE; MICROTUBULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; ULCER HEALING; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOKINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; VARICOSE ULCER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036272765     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.2002.02085.x     Document Type: Article

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