A growth hormone-releasing hormone-producing pancreatic islet cell tumor metastasized to the pituitary is associated with pituitary somatotroph hyperplasia and acromegaly

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2731-2737

  Sanno, Naoko ^a,b   Teramoto, Akira ^a   Osamura, R Yoshiyuki ^b   Genka, Shigeru ^c   Katakami, Hideki ^d   Jin, Long ^e   Lloyd, Ricardo V ^e   Kovacs, Kalman ^f  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Yokohama Shin Midori General Hospital   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METASTASIS; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PANCREAS ISLET CELL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0030748622     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.82.8.4175     Document Type: Article

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