Expression of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor in pituitary adenomas and other neuroendocrine tumors

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3624-3630

  Korbonits, Márta ^a   Jacobs, Richard A ^a   Aylwin, Simon J B ^a   Burrin, Jacky M ^a   Dahia, Patricia L M ^a   Monson, John P ^a   Honegger, Jürgen ^b   Fahlbush, Rudolf ^b   Trainer, Peter J ^a   Chew, Shern L ^a   Besser, G Michael ^a   Grossman, Ashley B ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GASTRINOMA; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSULINOMA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOID TUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOCRINE GLAND NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, NEUROPEPTIDE; RECEPTORS, PITUITARY HORMONE-REGULATING HORMONE; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 15444346101     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.10.3624     Document Type: Article

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