Follicle stimulating hormone-β subunit gene is expressed in parallel with a transcription factor Ad4BP/SF-1 in human pituitary adenomas

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-193

  Ikuyama, Shoichiro ^a   Ohe, Kenji ^a   Sakai, Yoshiyuki ^a   Nakagaki, Hiroyuki ^b   Fukushima, Takeo ^c   Kato, Yukio ^d   Morohashi, Ken Ichirou ^e   Takayanagi, Ryoichi ^a   Nawata, Hajime ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shin Kokura Hospital   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029844510     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1996.d01-1555.x     Document Type: Article

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