Expression of adrenocorticotrophic hormone receptor mRNA in human adrenocortical neoplasms: Correlation with P450scc expression

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 619-626

  Reincke, Martin ^a,c   Beuschlein, Felix ^a   Latronico, Anna Claudia ^b   Arlt, Wiebke ^a   Chrousos, George P ^b   Allolio, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING DISEASE; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030800105     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1997.1991009.x     Document Type: Article

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