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Metallic/chalcogen dual phase effects on dielectric relaxations, resonance and spectroscopic impedance in amorphous chalcopyrite CuxInyGa10Se70−xTe20−y thin films
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Renal dysfunction and diastolic impairment among British ethnic minorities with hypertension: the Ethnic-Echocardiographic Heart of England Screening Study
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Open AccessAxl receptor tyrosine kinase is a potential therapeutic target in renal cell carcinoma
Axl plays multiple roles in tumourigenesis in several cancers. Here we evaluated the expression and biological function of Axl in renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
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Open AccessP1.30 Indices of Arterial Stiffness and Raised Blood Pressure Amongst Public School Children in Gujarat, India
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EphB4 receptor tyrosine kinase is expressed in bladder cancer and provides signals for cell survival
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Der Angiogenese-Inhibitor IM862 verbessert das Überleben beim experimentellen Pankreaskarzinom auch nach verzögertem Therapiebeginn
IM862 is a dipeptide of L-glutamyl-L-tryptophan with antiangiogenic properties and potential antitumor activity. This study evaluated the effect of IM862 on human pancreatic cancer in vitro and in vivo. Prolif...
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Anti-angiogene Therapie reduziert das Tumorwachstum und verbessert das Überlebenbeim experimentellen Pankreaskarzinom / Anti-angiogenic Therapy Reduces Growth and Increases Survival of Experimental Pancreatic Cancer
The present study investigated the effect of two novel anti-angiogenic therapies on pancreatic cancer (PaCa). Human PaCa cells (AsPC-1) were exposed to an antisense oligonucleotide (AS-3) against vascular endo...
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Multivariate allometry of the robust australopithecine zygomatic foramen: Bootstrap approach to confidence limits
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Lower bound ofm t from \(B_d^0 - \bar B_d^0 \) mixing and recent |V ub |/|V cb | measurementsmixing and recent |V ub |/|V cb | measurements
A careful analysis of \(B_d^0 - \bar B_d^0 \) mixing data, incorporating the most recent QCD corrections to the par...
