Vascular effects of FGF-2 and VEGF-B in rabbits with bilateral hind limb ischemia

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-54

  Wafai, Rafif ^a   Tudor, Elizabeth M ^a   Angus, James A ^a   Wright, Christine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Angiography, thigh vasculature; Collateral artery circulation; Growth factors; Ischemia

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; SERUM ALBUMIN; VASCULOTROPIN B;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL ARTERY; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB PERFUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ANGIOGENESIS INDUCING AGENTS; ANIMALS; FEMORAL ARTERY; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HINDLIMB; ISCHEMIA; LIGATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RABBITS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR B;

EID: 56749093847     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000139132     Document Type: Article

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