Characterization of human pituitary adenomas in cell cultures by light and electron microscopic morphology and immunolabeling

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-90

  Fazekas, Ilona ^a   Hegedüs, Balázs ^a   Bácsy, Ernö ^b   Kerekes, Edit ^a   Slowik, Felicia ^a   Bálint, Katalin ^a   Pásztor, Emil ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSURGERY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Electron microscopy; Hormone; Immunolabeling; Pituitary adenoma

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEM CELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUMOR CELL CULTURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 19444382248     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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