Relationship of Angiogenic Potential With Clinical Features in Cranial Meningiomas: A Corneal Angiogenesis Study

Toktas Z. O., Akgun E., Ozkan A., Bozkurt S. U., Bekiroglu N., Seker A., ...More

NEUROSURGERY, vol.67, no.6, pp.1724-1732, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 67 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.1227/neu.0b013e3181f9f310
  • Journal Name: NEUROSURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1724-1732
  • Keywords: Angiogenesis, Meningioma, Peritumoral edema, Recurrence, Tumor border shape, World Health Organization grade, ENDOTHELIAL-GROWTH-FACTOR, INTRACRANIAL MENINGIOMAS, BRAIN EDEMA, MALIGNANT MENINGIOMAS, ANGIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS, TUMOR VASCULATURE, FACTOR-EXPRESSION, CEREBRAL EDEMA, IN-VITRO, RECURRENCE
  • Marmara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Intracranial meningiomas constitute approximately one fourth of all primary intracranial tumors. The invention of cranial angiographic techniques has led to the recognition of the angiogenic potential of meningiomas, which has been the subject of extensive research.