The interrelationship between the effects of somatostatin and human pancreatic growth hormone-releasing factor on growth hormone release by cultured pituitary tumor cells from patients with acromegaly

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1984, Pages 250-254

  Lamberts, Steven W J ^a   Verleun, Theo ^a   Oosterom, Rob ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HYPOPHYSIS EXTRACT; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; PROTIRELIN; SOMATOSTATIN;

ACROMEGALY; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IN VITRO STUDY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; CELLS, CULTURED; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN; PANCREAS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SOMATOSTATIN; SOMATOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0021342471     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem-58-2-250     Document Type: Article

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