Expression pattern of vascular endothelial growth factor-C in human colorectal normal mucosa and neoplastic mucosa

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 51, Issue 56, 2004, Pages 391-395

  Kazama, Shinsuke ^a   Kitayama, Joji ^a   Watanabe, Toshiaki ^a   Nagawa, Hirokazu ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colorectal carcinoma; Vascular endothelial growth factor C (VEGF C)

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON ADENOMA; COLON MUCOSA; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM MUCOSA; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; AGED; COLONIC POLYPS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-3;

EID: 1842431050     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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