Immunohistochemical localization of gonadotropin and gonadal steroid receptors in human pineal glands

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 977-981

  Luboshitzky, Rafael ^a   Dharan, Muralee ^a   Goldman, Dalia ^a   Hiss, Yehuda ^b   Herer, Paula ^c   Lavie, Peretz ^c  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b L Greenberg Inst of Forensic Med   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CYTOPLASMIC RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR BINDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PINEAL GLAND; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031017653     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.3.977     Document Type: Article

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