Mapping of corticotropic cells in the normal human pituitary

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 473-479

  Trouillas, Jacqueline ^a,b   Guigard, Marie Paule ^a   Fonlupt, Pierre ^b   Souchier, Catherine ^c   Girod, Christian ^a  

^a Laboratoire d'Histologie Embryologie   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

ACTH cells; Human pituitary; Image analysis; Quantitative immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CUSHING DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0029874450     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/44.5.8627004     Document Type: Article

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