Amylin in pancreatic islets and pancreatic endocrine neoplasms

Pathology International

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 591-595

  Tomita, Tatsuo ^a,b,c  

^a Texas Tech Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Paul L Foster School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Amylin; Amyloid; Glucagonoma; Insulinoma; Pancreatic endocrine neoplasms; PP oma

Indexed keywords

AMYLIN; GLUCAGON; INSULIN; PANCREAS HORMONE; PANCREAS POLYPEPTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRINOMA; GLUCAGONOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INSULINOMA; MALE; PANCREAS ISLET CELL TUMOR; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOID; FEMALE; GLUCAGON; GLUCAGONOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INSULIN; INSULINOMA; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATIC POLYPEPTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0242660105     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2003.01532.x     Document Type: Article

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