Immunoreactivity for the alpha-subunit of the pituitary glycoprotein hormones in pulmonary neuroendocrine cells of developing human lung and various perinatal diseases

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-48

  Van Den Steen, Peter ^a   Verbeken, Erik K ^a   Van Lommel, Alfons ^a   Lauweryns, Joseph M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Calcitonin; Human; Immunohistochemistry; Lung; Pituitary; Thyrotropin

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRONCHI; CALCITONIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES, ALPHA SUBUNIT; HUMANS; HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0030788974     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-0115(97)00016-5     Document Type: Article

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