Pituitary Hyperplasia

Pituitary

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 169-179

  Horvath, Eva ^a   Kovacs, Kalman ^a   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Human pituitary; Hyperplasia; Immunohistochemistry; Morphology

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOPHYSIS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY HORMONES; PREGNANCY; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0033123157     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1009952930425     Document Type: Article

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