Immunohistochemical Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor in Canine Cutaneous Fibrosarcomas

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 229-236

  Al Dissi, A N ^a   Haines, D M ^a   Singh, B ^b   Kidney, B A ^a  

^a Department of Veterinary Pathology ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

dog; fibrosarcoma; immunohistochemistry; vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CANCER GRADING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; FIBROSARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SARCOMA CELL; SKIN CANCER; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FIBROSARCOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; KI-67 ANTIGEN; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 71549133037     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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