Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and its receptors correlates closely with formation of the plexiform lesion in human pulmonary hypertension
- 1 June 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Pathology International
- Vol. 50 (6) , 472-479
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1827.2000.01068.x
Abstract
The pulmonary vasculature exhibits various morphological changes in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). Among them, the plexiform lesion is one of the most characteristic vascular lesions, alt...Keywords
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