Clinical significance of vascular endothelial growth factor and connexin43 for predicting pancreatic cancer clinicopathologic parameters

Medical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1164-1170

  Liang, Qi Lian ^a   Wang, Bi Rong ^b   Chen, Guo Qiang ^a   Li, Guo Hong ^a   Xu, Yan Yun ^a  

^a GUANGDONG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Connexin43; Pancreatic cancer; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CONNEXIN 43; MESSENGER RNA; PEROXIDASE; STREPTAVIDIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONNEXIN 43; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 79951773787     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12032-009-9354-1     Document Type: Article

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