The seminal work of Werner Risau in the study of the development of the vascular system

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 567-572

  Ribatti, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Blood brain barrier; History of medicine; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN P53; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE MUTATION; GENOMICS; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; UPREGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

BOSTON; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; GERMANY; GERMANY, EAST; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 77950529422     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.092892dr     Document Type: Review

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