Bilateral aldosterone-producing adenomas in two patients diagnosed by immunohistochemical analysis of steroidogenic enzymes

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-129

  Watanabe, Noriko ^a   Tsunoda, Klazuo ^a   Sasano, Hironobu ^a   Omata, Ken ^a   Imai, Yutaka ^a   Ito, Sadayoshi ^a   Abe, Keishi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

adrenal gland; bilateral aldosterone producing adenomas; enzymatic analysis; idiopathic hyperaldosteronism; immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CYTOCHROME P450;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0029811439     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.179.123     Document Type: Article

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