Histopathological review of silent pituitary somatotroph adenoma

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 217-221

  Matsuno, Akira ^a,b   Nagashima, Tadashi ^a   Itoh, Johbu ^b   Sanno, Naoko ^c   Teramoto, Akira ^c   Yoshiyuki Osamura, R ^b  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY CHIBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Silent pituitary somatotroph adenoma

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GROWTH HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; AMENORRHEA; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; GALACTORRHEA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SOMATIC CELL; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 23744434146     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.38.217     Document Type: Review

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