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Reversion of phenotype of endothelial cells in brain tissue around glioblastomas.
Journal of neuro-oncology - 1 Feb 1996
Vaz R, Borges N, Sarmento A, Azevedo I
Abstract excerpt
With the aim of studying the putative involvement of peritumoral microvessels in the formation of brain edema, small pieces of peritumoral brain tissue were removed from six patients with glioblastoma multiforme submitted to surgery. All patients had cerebral edema, as shown by preoperative C.T. and N.M.R. Control specimens were obtained from four patients undergoing ventriculo-peritoneal shunt. The tissue...
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