Kallikrein gene expression in human pituitary tissues

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 223-231

  Clements, Judith A ^a,c   Mukhtar, Annie ^a   Verity, Karen ^a   Pullar, Michael ^a   McNeill, Peter ^b   Cummins, James ^b   Fuller, Peter J ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; KALLIKREIN; PROLACTIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030052094     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1996.661481.x     Document Type: Article

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