Mast cells in hemangioma: A double-edged sword

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 805-807

  Sun, Zhi Jun ^a,b   Zhao, Yi Fang ^a,b   Zhao, Ji Hong ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Wuhan University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; HEMANGIOMA; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNITY; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; MAST CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC;

EID: 33846372556     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.09.012     Document Type: Article

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