Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and microvessel density in oral tumorigenesis

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-26

  Astekar, Madhusudan ^a   Joshi, Asha ^a   Ramesh, Gayathri ^a   Metgud, Rashmi ^a  

^a PAHER University ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; epithelial dysplasia; image analysis; microvessel density; oral squamous cell carcinoma; vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857812585     PISSN: 0973029X     EISSN: 1998393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-029X.92968     Document Type: Article

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