Familial pituitary adenomas with a heterogeneous functional pattern: Clinical and genetic features

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 787-790

  Raverot, Gerald ^a,b,c   Arnous, W ^a   Calender, A ^b,d   Trouillas, J ^b,c,e   Sassolas, G ^a   Bournaud, C ^a   Pugeat, M ^a,b   Borson Chazot, F ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

AIP gene; Carney Complex; Familial pituitary adenomas; MEN 1 gene; Menin; PRKAR1 gene

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SCREENING; GONADOTROPH ADENOMA; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROLACTINOMA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

EID: 36949012061     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03350819     Document Type: Article

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