Angiogenesis in cancer.

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Published in Vasc Health Risk Manag on January 01, 2006

Authors

Naoyo Nishida1, Hirohisa Yano, Takashi Nishida, Toshiharu Kamura, Masamichi Kojiro

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathology, Research Center of Innovative Cancer Therapy of the 21 Century, COE Program for Medical Science, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan. naoji@med.kurume-u.ac.jp

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