Pituitary blastoma

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 657-666

  Scheithauer, Bernd W ^a   Kovacs, Kalman ^b   Horvath, Eva ^b   Kim, D S ^c   Osamura, Robert Y ^d   Ketterling, Rhett P ^a   Lloyd, Ricardo V ^a   Kim, O L ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blastoma; Cushing disease; Maldevelopment; Pediatric tumor; Pituitary; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GALECTIN 3; GLYCOPROTEIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; KERATIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEURO D1; PROTEIN EMA; PROTEIN S 100; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTH SECRETING CELL; ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BLASTOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHING DISEASE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING CELL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PITUITARY BLASTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CORTICOSTERONE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; NEOPLASMS, COMPLEX AND MIXED; PITUITARY ACTH HYPERSECRETION; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 56749146545     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-008-0388-9     Document Type: Article

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