Eutopic and ectopic production of glycoprotein hormone α and β subunits;Production eutopique et ectopique des sous-unites α et β des hormones glycoproteiques

Annales d'Endocrinologie

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-128

  Bidart, J M ^a   Baudin, E ^a   Troalen, F ^a   Bellet, D ^a   Schlumberger, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONE; PROLACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; REVIEW;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES, ALPHA SUBUNIT; HORMONES, ECTOPIC; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030923051     PISSN: 00034266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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