Demonstration of insulin production and storage in insulinomas by in situ hybridization and immunocytochemistry

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 218-222

  McKenzie, Kathryn J ^a   Hind, Cameron ^b   Farquharson, Maura A ^b   McGill, Margaret ^c   Foulis, Alan K ^b  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Hormone; Hybridization; Immunocytochemistry; In situ; Insulinoma; mRNA

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSULINOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSULIN; INSULINOMA; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031018182     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199702)181:2<218::AID-PATH732>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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