Loss of heterozygosity of the MEN1 gene in a large series of TSH-secreting pituitary adenomas

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 796-801

  Asteria, C ^a   Anagni, M ^b   Persani, L ^c   Beck Peccoz, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

LOH; Menin; Sequence analysis; TSH secreting pituitary adenomas

Indexed keywords

DNA; THYROTROPIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME MARKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LEUKOCYTE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; ONCOGENE; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STEM CELL; THYROTROPIN RELEASE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADENOMA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 1; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0035194501     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03343929     Document Type: Article

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