Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 1 , Pages 17-21 , January 2007

Upregulation of Serum and Tissue Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Correlates With Angiogenesis and Prognosis of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

  • Zheng-Jun Shang, DDS, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering Ministry of Education, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Shang: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Wuhan University, 237 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, China
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  • Jin-Rong Li, MD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
    • ,
  • Zu-Bing Li, DDS, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Chair, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.

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 This work was partly supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China grants (No. 30300390), and Wuhan University Scientific Research Project grants (No. 273106) (to Z.-J.S.).

PII: S0278-2391(06)01403-0

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2005.11.105

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 1 , Pages 17-21 , January 2007

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