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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 14, 2011; 17(2): 219-225
Published online Jan 14, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i2.219
Angiogenic markers endoglin and vascular endothelial growth factor in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
Patricia Kuiper, Lukas JAC Hawinkels, Eveline SM de Jonge-Muller, Izäk Biemond, Cornelis BHW Lamers, Hein W Verspaget
Patricia Kuiper, Eveline SM de Jonge-Muller, Izäk Biemond, Cornelis BHW Lamers, Hein W Verspaget, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
Lukas JAC Hawinkels, Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Centre for Biomedical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Centre, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
Author contributions: Kuiper P and Verspaget HW designed the research; Kuiper P, de Jonge-Muller ESM and Hawinkels LJAC performed the research; Kuiper P, Biemond I, Hawinkels LJAC, Lamers CBHW and Verspaget HW analyzed the data; Kuiper P and Verspaget HW wrote the paper; Biemond I, Lamers CBHW and Verspaget HW supervised the research.
Supported by Centre for Biomedical Genetics and Dutch Cancer Society RUL2005-3371 (Hawinkels LJAC)
Correspondence to: Patricia Kuiper, MD, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Building 1, D4-29, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands. p.kuiper@lumc.nl
Telephone: +31-71-5265718 Fax: +31-71-5248115
Received: August 26, 2010
Revised: September 9, 2010
Accepted: September 16, 2010
Published online: January 14, 2011
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