The microvascular network of the pituitary gland: A model for the application of fractal geometry to the analysis of angioarchitecture and angiogenesis of brain tumors

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 49-54

  Di Ieva, A ^a,b   Grizzi, F ^a   Ceva Grimaldi, G ^a   Aimar, E ^a   Serra, S ^a   Pisano, P ^a   Lorenzetti, M ^a   Tancioni, F ^a   Gaetani, P ^a   Crotti, F ^a   Tschabitscher, M ^b   Matula, C ^b   Rodriguez Y Baena, R ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis inducing agents; Brain neoplasms; Pituitary gland; Pituitary neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MEDLINE; MICROVASCULATURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ADENOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FRACTALS; HUMANS; MICROVESSELS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78649367994     PISSN: 00264881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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