"Sprouting angiogenesis", a reappraisal

Developmental Biology

Volumn 372, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 157-165

  Ribatti, Domenico ^a   Crivellato, Enrico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Endothelial cell; Sprouting; Stalk cell; Tip cell; Vascular system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868301370     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.09.018     Document Type: Review

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