Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy for the Morphometric Evaluation of Microvessels in Human Colorectal Cancer Using Targeted Anti-CD31 Antibodies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Cârţânǎ, Tatiana ^a   Sǎftoiu, Adrian ^a   Gruionu, Lucian Gheorghe ^a,b   Gheonea, Dan Ionuţ ^a   Pirici, Daniel ^a   Georgescu, Claudia Valentina ^c   Ciocâlteu, Adriana ^a   Gruionu, Gabriel ^a,d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRAIOVA   (Romania)

^c Emergency County Hospital   (Romania)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DENSITY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROVASCULATURE; MORPHOMETRICS; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD31; BIOPSY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROVESSELS;

EID: 84871710094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052815     Document Type: Article

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