A highly selective, orally bioavailable, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 tyrosine kinase inhibitor has potent activity in vitro and in vivo
✍ Scribed by Kenneth R. LaMontagne; Jeannene Butler; Virna B. Borowski; Angel R. Fuentes-Pesquera; Jonathan M. Blevitt; Shenlin Huang; Ronghua Li; Peter J. Connolly; Lee M. Greenberger
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 432 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0969-6970
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