Bonghan Ducts as Possible Pathways for Cancer Metastasis

JAMS Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 118-123

  Yoo, Jung Sun ^a   Kim, Hong Bae ^a   Ogay, Vyacheslav ^a   Lee, Byung Cheon ^a   Ahn, Saeyoung ^a   Soh, Kwang Sup ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bonghan duct; cancer; metastasis; trypan blue

Indexed keywords

TRYPAN BLUE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BONGHAN DUCT; BONGHAN SYSTEM; CANCER CELL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER TISSUE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FASCIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH VESSEL; METASTASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; NUDE MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; STAINING;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MERIDIANS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; STAINING AND LABELING; TRYPAN BLUE;

EID: 67651087279     PISSN: 20052901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2005-2901(09)60043-1     Document Type: Article

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