Overexpressed HIF-2α in endothelial cells promotes vascularization and improves random pattern skin flap survival

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Morimoto, Atsushi ^a   Tomita, Shuhei ^b   Imanishi, Masaki ^a   Shioi, Go ^c   Kihira, Yoshitaka ^a   Izawa Ishizawa, Yuki ^a   Takaku, Mitsuru ^a   Hashimoto, Ichiro ^a   Ikeda, Yasumasa ^a   Nakanishi, Hideki ^a   Tamaki, Toshiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

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EID: 84897362750     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000000083     Document Type: Article

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