Monocytes: A possible source of hemangioma endothelial cells

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 98-100

  Jia, Jun ^a   Zhang, Wen Feng ^a   Zhao, Yi Fang ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TISSUE EXPANSION; VASCULAR TUMOR;

EID: 33750625711     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.06.018     Document Type: Article

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