Γ‐MELANOTROPHIN‐LIKE IMMUNOREACTIVITIES IN HUMAN PITUITARIES, ACTH‐PRODUCING PITUITARY ADENOMAS, AND ECTOPIC ACTH‐PRODUCING TUMOURS: EVIDENCE FOR AN ABNORMALITY IN GLYCOSYLATION IN ECTOPIC ACTH‐PRODUCING TUMOURS

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1981, Pages 353-361

  TANAKA, I ^a   NAKAI, Y ^a   NAKAO, K ^a   OKI, S ^a   FUKATA, J ^a   IMURA, H ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; INTERMEDIN; GAMMA INTERMEDIN;

ADENOMA; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; ECTOPIC HORMONE PRODUCTION; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; METHODOLOGY; THYMOMA; THYMUS; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA;

ACTH SYNDROME, ECTOPIC; ADENOMA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CORTICOTROPIN; HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MSH; NEOPLASTIC ENDOCRINE-LIKE SYNDROMES; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0019488587     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1981.tb00675.x     Document Type: Article

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