VEGF and HIF-1α expression are increased in advanced stages of epithelial ovarian cancer

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 513-517

  Wong, Cheung ^a,b   Wellman, Theresa L ^a   Lounsbury, Karen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 1642341137     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2003.08.022     Document Type: Article

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