Cushing's disease due to plurihormonal adrenocorticotropic hormone and gonadotropin-producing pituitary adenoma

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 398-403

  Egensperger, R ^a   Scheithauer, B ^a   Horvath, E ^b   Kovacs, K ^b   Giannini, C ^a   Young, W ^a   Lloyd, R ^a   Atkinson, J ^a   Nippoldt, T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cushing's disease; Gonadotropins; Pituitary adenoma; Plurihormonality; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SCHIFF BASE;

AGED; ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CHROMOPHOBE ADENOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHING DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0034835943     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010100376     Document Type: Article

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