Localization of inhibin/activin subunits in normal pituitary and in pituitary adenomas

Pituitary

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 131-139

  Uccella, Silvia ^a   La Rosa, Stefano ^b   Genasetti, Anna ^a   Capella, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activin; Immunohistochemistry; Inhibin; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN A; ALPHA ACTIVIN; ALPHA INHIBIN; BETA ACTIVIN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; INHIBIN; INHIBIN A; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYELOPID; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; THYROTROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ACTIVINS; ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034433865     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011431123208     Document Type: Article

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