Immunohistochemical expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and its correlation with tumor grade in breast ductal carcinoma

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 776-779

  Ghasemi, Maryam ^a   Emadian, Omid ^a   Naghshvar, Farshad ^a   Bekhradnia, Ahmadreza ^a   Abediankenari, Saeid ^a   Larijani, Laleh Vahedi ^a   Moghimpour, Roghaieh ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Breast neoplasms; VEGF

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84856487598     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 17359694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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