Clinicopathological features of growth hormone-producing pituitary adenomas: Difference among various types defined by cytokeratin distribution pattern including a transitional form

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 82-91

  Obari, Abdulkader ^a   Sano, Toshiaki ^a   Ohyama, Kenichi ^a   Kudo, Eiji ^a,b   Qian, Zhi Rong ^a   Yoneda, Akiko ^a   Rayhan, Nasim ^a   Mustafizur Rahman, Muhammad ^a   Yamada, Shozo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokeratin; Fibrous body; Growth hormone; Immunohistochemistry; Pituitary adenoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; GROWTH HORMONE; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; KERATIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; AGING; CELL COUNT; CYTOPLASM; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE FIXATION;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CELL COUNT; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; THYROTROPIN; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 55249120008     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12022-008-9029-z     Document Type: Article

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