Dynamic assessment of angiogenesis in renal cell carcinoma spheroids by intravital microscopy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1267-1270

  Heuser, Markus ^a   Ringert, Rolf Herrmann ^a   Zoeller, Gerhard ^a   Hemmerlein, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carcinoma, renal cell; Kidney; Kidney neoplasms; Mice, nude; Spheroids

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CANCER GRAFT; CAPILLARY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY; MICROVASCULATURE; MOUSE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKINFOLD; SPHEROID CELL; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0037376640     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000051222.09122.54     Document Type: Article

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