Adrenal medullary nodules in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome resemble extra-adrenal paraganglia

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 265-272

  Tischler, Arthur S ^a   Semple, Joseph ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Adrenal medulla; Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome; Catecholamine biosynthetic enzymes; Chromaffin cells; Immunohistochemistry; Insulin like growth factor 2; Paraganglia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343582836     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02739833     Document Type: Article

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