Attenuation of the polypeptide 7B2, prohormone convertase PC2, and vasopressin in the hypothalamus of some Prader-Willi patients: Indications for a processing defect

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 591-599

  Gabreels B A Th F ^a,e   Swaab, D F ^a   De Kleijn, D P V ^a   Seidah, N G ^b   Van De Loo, J W ^c   Van De Ven, W J M ^c   Martens, G J M ^d   Van Leeuwen, F W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; FOLLITROPIN; FURIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; POLYPEPTIDE; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROENDOCRINE SECRETORY PROTEIN 7B2; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY HORMONES; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 2; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTILISINS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0031732853     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.2.591     Document Type: Article

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