AIP mutation in pituitary adenomas in the 18th century and today

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-50

  Chahal, Harvinder S ^a   Stals, Karen ^e   Unterländer, Martina ^l   Balding, David J ^b   Thomas, Mark G ^b,m   Kumar, Ajith V ^c   Besser, G Michael ^a   Atkinson, A Brew ^g   Morrison, Patrick J ^h,i   Howlett, Trevor A ^j   Levy, Miles J ^j   Orme, Steve M ^k   Akker, Scott A ^a   Abel, Richard L ^d   Grossman, Ashley B ^a   Burger, Joachim ^l   Ellard, Sian ^e,f   Korbonits, Márta ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^k ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^l JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^m UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARYL HYDROCARBON INTERACTING PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE MUTATION; GIGANTISM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTINOMA; TOOTH;

EID: 78650920873     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1008020     Document Type: Article

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