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A Simple Bioassay for the Evaluation of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors
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Effect of vascular endothelial growth factor and its receptor KDR on human airway smooth muscle cells proliferation
Hui Zou1, Yong-jian Xu, Zhen-xiang Zhang
1Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
Chinese Medical Journal
|April 12, 2005
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