Immunoexpression of androgen receptor in the nontumorous pituitary and in adenomas

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-33

  Scheithauer, Bernd W ^a   Kovacs, Kalman ^b   Zorludemir, Suzan ^c   Lloyd, Ricardo V ^a   Erdogan, Seyda ^c   Slezak, Jeffrey ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Gonadotroph cells; Pituitary; Pituitary adenomas; Steroid receptors

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ACTH SECRETING ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NULL CELL ADENOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTINOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADENOMA; ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; CELL NUCLEUS; CRICETINAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OPOSSUMS; PAPIO; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RATS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REFERENCE VALUES; SHEEP;

EID: 49349114140     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12022-007-9012-0     Document Type: Review

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