Pituitary adenomas that show a faint GH-immunoreactivity but lack fibrous body: Pit-1 adenoma with endocrinologically low activity

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-47

  Yoneda, Akiko ^a   Sano, Toshiaki ^a   Yamada, Shozo ^b   Obari, Abdulkader ^a   Rong Qian, Zhi ^a   Lu Wang, Elaine ^a   Inosita, Naoko ^b   Kudo, Eiji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokeratin; Fibrous body; GH; Pit 1; Pituitary adenoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; GROWTH HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYROTROPIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1; UVOMORULIN;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CELL ORGANELLE; CHROMOPHOBE ADENOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY GRANULE; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM;

EID: 77951101965     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12022-009-9105-z     Document Type: Article

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