A functional thyrotropin- and growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma with a ultrastructurally monomorphic feature: A case study

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 211-219

  Ozawa, Yukako ^a   Kameya, Toru ^b   Kasuga, Akira ^a   Naritaka, Heiji ^a   Kanda, Naoko ^a   Maruyama, Hiroshi ^a   Saruta, Takao ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; GH; Hyperthyroidism; Pituitary adenoma; TSH

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; GROWTH HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031862297     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.45.211     Document Type: Article

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