Vascular endothelial growth factor is a chemoattractant for tropholast cells

Placenta

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 549-556

  Lash, G E ^a   Warren, A Y ^a   Underwood, S ^a   Baker, P N ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT; GROWTH FACTOR; HEPARIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INVASION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0141838091     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.2002.0923     Document Type: Article

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