Clinical relevance of vascular endothelial growth factor-A in colorectal cancer

Romanian Journal of Morphology and Embryology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 775-781

  Jalba C S ^a   Jalbǎ, Bogdan Alexandru ^b   Nicula, Corina ^c   Zlatian, O ^d   Ioana, M ^d   Bârcǎ, Amelia ^d   Cimpoeru, Alina ^d   Cruce, M ^d  

^a 'Sf Pantelimon' Emergency Hospital   (Romania)

^b 'Prof Dr Dimitrie Gerota' Emergency Hospital   (Romania)

^c 'Delfinului' Medical Center   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY OF CRAIOVA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Colorectal cancer; Prognosis; VEGF

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN A;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 80052667310     PISSN: 12200522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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