Clinical improvement after treatment with VEGF165 in patients with severe chronic lower limb ischaemia

Genomic Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 47-55

  Anghel, Andrei ^a   Mut Vitcu, Bogdan ^b   Savu, Lorand ^c   Marian, Catalin ^a   Seclaman, Edward ^a   Iman, Raluca ^b   Neghina, Adriana Maria ^a   Dragulescu, Stefan I ^b  

^a VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b Timisoara Institute of Cardiovascular Medicine   (Romania)

^c GeneticLab SRL   (Romania)

Author keywords

Gene therapy; Lower limb ischaemia; Neo vascularization; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548229437     PISSN: 18717934     EISSN: 18717942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11568-007-9006-5     Document Type: Article

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