Vascular endothelial growth factor expression and microvessel parameters of colonic mucosa correlate with sensitivity to steroid in patients with ulcerative colitis

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 188-193

  Hanabata, Norihiro ^a   Sasaki, Yoshihiro ^a   Tanaka, Masanori ^a   Tsuji, Tsuyotoshi ^a   Hatada, Yasumasa ^a   Hada, Ryukichi ^a   Munakata, Akihiro ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Image processing; Immunohistochemistry; Microvessel; Steroid sensitivity; Ulcerative colitis; VEGF

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; MESALAZINE; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON BIOPSY; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECTUM BIOPSY; STEROID THERAPY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; BIOPSY; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLON; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 13244263108     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520410010580     Document Type: Article

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