Clinical Impact of the Plasminogen Activation System in Tumor Invasion and Metastasis: Prognostic Relevance and Target for Therapy

M Schmitt; N Harbeck; C Thomssen; O Wilhelm; V Magdolen; U Reuning; K Ulm; H Höfler; F Jänicke; H Graeff

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1657541

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1997; 78(01): 285-296
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1657541

Tumors and fibrinolysis

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Clinical Impact of the Plasminogen Activation System in Tumor Invasion and Metastasis: Prognostic Relevance and Target for Therapy

M Schmitt

¹Frauenklinik und Poliklinik, Universität München, München

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N Harbeck

¹Frauenklinik und Poliklinik, Universität München, München

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C Thomssen

²Frauenklinik der Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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O Wilhelm

¹Frauenklinik und Poliklinik, Universität München, München

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V Magdolen

¹Frauenklinik und Poliklinik, Universität München, München

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U Reuning

¹Frauenklinik und Poliklinik, Universität München, München

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K Ulm

³Institut für Medizinische Statistik und Epidemiologie, Universität München, München

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H Höfler

⁴Institut für Allgemeine Pathologie und Pathologische Anatomie der Technischen Universität München, München

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F Jänicke

²Frauenklinik der Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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H Graeff

¹Frauenklinik und Poliklinik, Universität München, München

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