A mouse model of the cornea pocket assay for angiogenesis study

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 54, 2011, Pages

  Tang, Zhongshu ^a   Zhang, Fan ^a   Li, Yang ^a   Arjunan, Pachiappan ^a   Kumar, Anil ^a   Lee, Chunsik ^a   Li, Xuri ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Issue 54; Medicine; Mouse cornea pocket assay

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355131472     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3077     Document Type: Article

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