G(s)α mutation at codon 201 in pituitary adenoma causing gigantism in a 6-year-old boy with McCune-Albright syndrome

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3839-3842

  Dotsch J ^a   Kiess, W ^a   Hanze J ^a   Repp, R ^a   Ludecke D ^b   Blum, W F ^a   Rascher, W ^a,c  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c Department of Pediatrics ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN; PRIMER DNA; STIMULATORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ALBRIGHT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CODON; GENE MUTATION; GIGANTISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ADENOMA; CHILD; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ADENOMA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CODON; DNA PRIMERS; FIBROUS DYSPLASIA, POLYOSTOTIC; GIGANTISM; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 0029658363     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.11.3839     Document Type: Article

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