GH and PRL gene expression by nonradioisotopic in situ hybridization in TSH-secreting pituitary adenomas

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 2518-2522

  Sanno, Naoko ^a   Teramoto, Akira ^b   Matsuno, Akira ^c   Takekoshi, Susumu ^a   Osamura, R Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN RELEASE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADENOMA; ADULT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES, ALPHA SUBUNIT; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0029148408     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.80.8.7543115     Document Type: Article

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