Secretion of Glycoprotein Hormone α-Subunit by Pituitary Tumors

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1987, Pages 1187-1193

  Ishibashi, Miyuki ^b   Yamaji, Tohru ^b   Takaku, Fumimaro ^b   Teramoto, Akira ^a   Fukushima, Takanori ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROTIRELIN; THYROTROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BROMOCRIPTINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES, ALPHA SUBUNIT; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PITUITARY HORMONES, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 0023236158     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem-64-6-1187     Document Type: Article

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