Adrenocorticotropin receptor and adrenal disorders

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 4-6, 1997, Pages 273-278

  Allolio, B ^a   Reincke, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACTH receptor; Adrenal tumors; Familial glucocorticoid deficiency; P 450 side chain cleavage enzyme

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450; GLUCOCORTICOID; LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA;

ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL TUMOR; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CARCINOGENESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; ONCOGENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030901992     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000185476     Document Type: Article

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