Hormone markers in pituitary adenomas: Changes within last decade resulting from improved method

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-54

  Saeger, Wolfgang ^a,e   Wilczak, Waldemar ^a   Lüdecke, Dieter K ^b   Buchfelder, Michael ^c   Fahlbusch, Rudolf ^d  

^a Marienkrankenhaus Hamburg   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^e Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Classification; Immunocytochemistry; Monoclonal antibodies; Pituitary adenoma; Polyclonal antibodies

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARAFFIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE SECTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADENOMA; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PITUITARY HORMONES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0038237522     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/EP:14:1:49     Document Type: Article

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