Prevalence of Gs alpha mutations in Korean patients with pituitary adenomas

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 221-226

  Kim, H J ^a   Kim, M S ^a   Park, Y J ^a   Kim, S W ^a   Park, D J ^a   Park, K S ^a   Kim, S Y ^a   Cho, B Y ^a   Lee, H K ^a   Jung, H W ^a   Han, D H ^a   Lee, H S ^a   Chi, J G ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; OCTREOTIDE; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGE; ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATION RATE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTINOMA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADULT; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROLACTINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17744393215     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1680221     Document Type: Article

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