VEGF-C and VEGFR-3 in a series of lymphangiomas: Is superficial lymphangioma a true lymphangioma?

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 454, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 317-325

  Itakura, Eijun ^a,b   Yamamoto, Hidetaka ^a   Oda, Yoshinao ^a   Furue, Masutaka ^a   Tsuneyoshi, Masazumi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystic hygroma; Head and neck neoplasm; Lymphangioma; Skin neoplasm; Soft tissue neoplasm; Vascular neoplasm; VEGF C; VEGFR 3

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYGROMA; INFANT; INTRAABDOMINAL LYMPHANGIOMA; LYMPHANGIOMA; LYMPHANGIOMA CIRCUMSCRIPTUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHANGIOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-3; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349227391     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-008-0720-8     Document Type: Article

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