Gorham's disease: An osseous disease of lymphangiogenesis?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1131, Issue , 2008, Pages 203-205

  Radhakrishnan, Kavita ^a   Rockson, Stanley G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gorham's disease; Lymphangiogenesis; Lymphatic endothelium; Platelet derived growth factor (PDGF)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

BONE DISEASE; BONE RESECTION; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHYLOUS ASCITES; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; MASSIVE OSTEOLYSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OSTEOLYSIS;

EID: 44449173474     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1413.022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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