Order and disorder in the vascular network

Leukemia

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1745-1750

  Guidolin, D ^a   Nico, B ^b   Mazzocchi, G ^a   Vacca, A ^b   Nussdorfer, G G ^a   Ribatti, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; VINBLASTINE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ASSAY; CAPILLARY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHICKEN; CHORIOALLANTOIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EDITORIAL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 8844256159     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2403526     Document Type: Editorial

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