Effects of vascular endothelial cell growth factor on fibrovascular ingrowth into Rabbit's hydroxyapatite orbital implant

Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology - Medical Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 286-288

  Zhang, Hong ^a   Li, Guigang ^a   Ji, Caini ^b   He, Hua ^a   Wang, Junming ^a   Hu, Weikun ^a   Wu, Hua ^b   Chen, Jing ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TONGREN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydroxyapatite; Orbital implants; Vascular endothelial cell growth factor; Vascularization

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; HISTOLOGY; HYDROXYAPATITE; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PATHOLOGY; SURGERY;

ORBITAL IMPLANTS; RADIOACTIVITY COUNTS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH (VEGF); VASCULARIZATION;

GROWTH KINETICS;

HYDROXYAPATITE; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ORBIT; ORBIT IMPLANT; RABBIT; RANDOMIZATION; VASCULARIZATION; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

ANIMALS; EYE, ARTIFICIAL; HYDROXYAPATITES; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; ORBIT; ORBITAL IMPLANTS; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 27644454203     PISSN: 0257716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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