Growth hormone receptor is expressed in human breast cancer

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1217-1222

  Gebre Medhin, Maria ^a   Kindblom, Lars Gunnar ^a   Wennbo, Håkan ^b   Törnell, Jan ^a,b   Meis Kindblom, Jeanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; FEMALE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWEDEN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0035074225     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)64071-0     Document Type: Article

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