In vitro effect of human recombinant leptin and expression of leptin receptors on growth hormone-secreting human pituitary adenomas

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 449-455

  Giusti, Massimo ^a   Bocca, Liliana ^a   Florio, Tullio ^b   Corsaro, Alessandro ^c   Spaziante, Renato ^a   Schettini, Gennaro ^c   Minuto, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPEPTIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; OCTREOTIDE; RECOMBINANT LEPTIN;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0036401449     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2002.01612.x     Document Type: Article

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