Microvessel density

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 304-306

  Di Ieva, Antonio ^a   Grizzi, Fabio ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPENDYMOMA; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; PATHOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; EPENDYMOMA; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MICROVESSELS;

EID: 77956641691     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.4.PEDS10169     Document Type: Letter

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