Tumor blood vessels formation in osteosarcoma: Vasculogenesis mimicry

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 94-98

  Cai, Xuan Song ^a   Jia, Yong Wei ^a   Mei, Jiong ^a   Tang, Ru Yong ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3 dimensional cultures; Angiogenesis; Immunohistochemistry; Osteosarcoma; Uasculogenesis mimicry

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; METASTASIS; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); OSTEOSARCOMA; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE; TISSUE PERFUSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

BONE NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COLLAGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; OSTEOSARCOMA;

EID: 1242306757     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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