HIF-1A gene mutations are associated with higher microvessel density in endometrial carcinomas

Histopathology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 637-639

  Horree N ^a   Groot, A J ^a   Van Hattem, W A ^a   Heintz, A P M ^a   Vooijs, M ^a   Van Diest, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA;

CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; LETTER; MICROVASCULATURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; DNA, NEOPLASM; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 41149154289     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2008.02991.x     Document Type: Letter

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