Laminin expression in juvenile angiofibroma indicates vessel's early developmental stage

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 127, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1310-1315

  Starlinger, Veronika ^a   Wendler, Olaf ^a   Gramann, Monika ^a   Schick, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embryology; Juvenile angiofibroma; Laminin; Tumour; Vessels

Indexed keywords

LAMININ; LAMININ ALPHA1; LAMININ ALPHA2; LAMININ ALPHA3; LAMININ ALPHA4; LAMININ ALPHA5; LAMININ BETA1; LAMININ BETA2; LAMININ BETA3; LAMININ GAMMA1; LAMININ GAMMA2; LAMININ GAMMA3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; NASOPHARYNX FIBROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR GROWTH; TURBINATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOFIBROMA; ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HUMANS; LAMININ; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 36448938201     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480701275220     Document Type: Article

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