VEGF expression in human brain tissue after acute ischemic stroke

Romanian Journal of Morphology and Embryology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1283-1292

  Otilia, Mǎrgǎritescu ^a   Pirici, D ^b   Mǎrgǎritescu, Cl ^b  

^a Emergency County Hospital   (Romania)

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

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; CD105; CD68; GFAP; NeuN; VEGF

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; VASCULOTROPIN A;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROGLIA; MICROVASCULATURE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICROGLIA; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; STROKE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84855425163     PISSN: 12200522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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