Angiogenesis and neoplastic transformation of Barrett's epithelium

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 941-942

  Stein, H J ^a   Mobius C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER GROWTH; CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; HUMAN; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; METASTASIS; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHORT SURVEY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRECANCER; VASCULARIZATION;

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 4043137968     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4633     Document Type: Short Survey

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