Hereditary pituitary hyperplasia with infantile gigantism

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Gläsker, Sven ^a   Vortmeyer, Alexander O ^a   Lafferty, Antony R A ^b   Hofman, Paul L ^c   Li, Jie ^a   Weil, Robert J ^d   Zhuang, Zhengping ^a   Oldfield, Edward H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENE; GHRH GENE; GIGANTISM; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HEREDITARY PITUITARY HYPERPLASIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANTILE GIGANTISM; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MAMMOSOMATOTROPH HYPERPLASIA; NEURORADIOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECRETORY GRANULE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADENOMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GIGANTISM; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; INFANT; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83155184068     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-1401     Document Type: Article

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