Significance of growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor mRNA in non-neoplastic pituitary and pituitary adenomas: A study by RT-PCR and in situ hybridization

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 197-204

  Oka, Hidehiro ^a   Kameya, Toru ^a   Sato, Yuichi ^a   Naritaka, Heiji ^a   Kawano, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

GHRH receptor; In situ hybridization; mRNA; Pituitary adenoma; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; PROLACTINOMA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032917809     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006151001536     Document Type: Article

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