Pit-1 gene expression in human pituitary adenomas using the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction method

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 263-272

  Yamada, Shozo ^a   Takahashi, Michie ^a   Hara, Masayuki ^b   Hattori, Atsuhiko ^b   Sano, Toshiaki ^c   Ozawa, Yasunori ^a   Shishiba, Yoshimasa ^a   Hirata, Kazuaki ^b   Usui, Masaaki ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0029839756     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1996.00812.x     Document Type: Article

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