The inefficacy of antiangiogenic therapies

Domenico Ribatti 1 a @

@ corresponding author, & equal contributor

Journal of Angiogenesis Research. 2010; 2(1):27 | © Ribatti

Received: 8 November 2010 | Accepted: 10 December 2010 | Published: 10 December 2010

Vascular Cell ISSN: 2045-824X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/2040-2384-2-27

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1. Department of Human Anatomy and Histology - University of Bari Medical School; Bari, Italy

[a] ti.abinu.aimotana@ittabir

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Supported in part by MIUR (PRIN 2007), Rome, AIRC, Milan, and Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Puglia, Bari, Italy.

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