Adult leydig cell tumors of the testis caused by germline fumarate hydratase mutations

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3071-3075

  Carvajal Carmona, Luis G ^a   Alam, N Afrina ^a   Pollard, Patrick J ^a   Jones, Angela M ^a   Barclay, Ella ^a   Wortham, Noel ^a   Pignatelli, Massimo ^b   Freeman, Alex ^c   Pomplun, Sabine ^d   Ellis, Ian ^e   Poulsom, Richard ^a   El Bahrawy, Mona A ^f   Berney, Daniel M ^g   Tomlinson, Ian P M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; FUMARATE HYDRATASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GERM LINE GENE THERAPY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TESTIS TUMOR;

EID: 33747696434     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2006-0183     Document Type: Article

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