Angiopoietins/Tie-2 expression and angiogenesis in stomach carcinoma

Chinese-German Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 391-395

  Zhang, Zhenzhen ^a   Zhang, Sheng ^a   Lin, Jianyin ^a   Huang, Peisheng ^a   Chen, Yupeng ^a  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Angiopoietins (Ang 1 and Ang 2); Stomach neoplasm; Tie 2

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845919248     PISSN: 16101979     EISSN: 16139089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10330-006-0013-0     Document Type: Article

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