Pit-1: Clinical aspects

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue , 1996, Pages 25-28

  Pfaffle R ^a   Kim, C ^a   Otten, B ^b   Wit, J M ^c   Eiholzer, U ^d   Heimann, G ^a   Parks, J ^e  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Centre for Adolescent Medicine   (Switzerland)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth hormone deficiency; Hypothyroidism; Mutation; Pit 1; Pit 1 GHF 1; Pituitary gland; Pituitary hormone deficiency

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH RETARDATION; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY HORMONES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT-1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0029979942     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000184824     Document Type: Article

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