Serum vascular endothelial growth factor levels in various liver diseases.

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Published in Dig Dis Sci on January 01, 1998

Authors

F Akiyoshi1, M Sata, H Suzuki, Y Uchimura, K Mitsuyama, K Matsuo, K Tanikawa

Author Affiliations

1: Second Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.

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