Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays an important role in angiogenesis and progression of tumor, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and elevated VEGF levels in serum and tissues have been known to be related with poor prognosis in patients with HCC. However, the effect of such poly
An association between vascular endothelial growth factor gene promoter polymorphisms and diabetic retinopathy
โ Scribed by Jacek P. Szaflik; Tomasz Wysocki; Michal Kowalski; Ireneusz Majsterek; Anna I. Borucka; Janusz Blasiak; Jerzy Szaflik
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 112 KB
- Volume
- 246
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0065-6100
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