The expression pattern of vascular endothelial growth factor C and D in human esophageal normal mucosa, dysplasia and neoplasia

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 51, Issue 59, 2004, Pages 1319-1322

  Ishikawa, Makoto ^a,b   Kitayama, Joji ^a   Kazama, Shinsuke ^a   Nagawa, Hirokazu ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal carcinoma; Esophageal Dysplasia; Vascular endothelial growth factor C and D

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPLASIA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR D;

EID: 3342952973     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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