Cytokine expression in human anterior pituitary adenomas

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-185

  Green, V L ^a   Atkin, S L ^a,f   Speirs, V ^a   Jeffreys, R V ^c   Landolt, A M ^e   Mathew, B ^b   Hipkin, L ^d   White, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c WALTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e H Brocklehurst Building ^*  (Switzerland)

^f Michael White Diabetes Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 8; LYMPHOTOXIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029818280     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1996.d01-1554.x     Document Type: Article

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