Immunohistochemical evaluation of the post-translational processing of chromogranin A in human pituitary adenomas

Pituitary

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 67-75

  Heaney, Anthony Patrick ^a   Curry, William James ^b   Pogue, Kathryn Margaret ^b   Armstrong, Valeria Lyn ^a   Mirakhur, Menakshi ^c   Sheridan, Brian ^a   Johnston, Colin Fredrick ^b   Buchanan, Keith Deans ^b   Atkinson, A Brew ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Pathology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromogranin A; Immunohistochemistry; Pituitary adenoma; Post translational processing

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; CHROMOGRANIN A; CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; PANCREASTATIN; PEPTIDE; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTINOMA; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; TUMOR CELL;

ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; CHROMOGRANIN A; CHROMOGRANINS; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY HORMONES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTINOMA; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034433141     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009949623054     Document Type: Article

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