Estrogen Receptor Beta mRNA Expression in Normal and Adenomatous Pituitaries

Pituitary

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-104

  Gittoes, Neil J L ^a,b   McCabe, Christopher J ^a   Sheppard, Michael C ^a   Franklyn, Jayne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor; Pituitary adenoma; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA; RNA;

ADENOMA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADENOMA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM;

EID: 0033291826     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009928420333     Document Type: Article

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