Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in normal pituitary cells and pituitary adenomas producing adrenocorticotropic hormone

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 157-164

  Yamamoto, Takashi ^a   Nishizawa, Yasuko ^a   Tsuji, Motomu ^b   Saitoh, Youichi ^c   Funai, Hiroko ^a   Hirai, Tatsuya ^d   Sugihara, Ayako ^e   Tsujimura, Tohru ^e   Nakata, Yasuo ^e   Ishiguro, Shingo ^a   Terada, Nobuyuki ^e  

^a Osaka Medical Center and Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases   (Japan)

^b Itami City Hospital   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d Kitano Hospital   (Japan)

^e HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACTH, pituitary gland; Immunohistochemistry; Pituitary adenoma; Vascular endothelial growth factor; Vascular permeability factor

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN S 100; THYROTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032814226     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02739827     Document Type: Article

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