Enhanced nestin expression and small blood vessels in human pituitary adenomas

Pituitary

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 303-310

  Perez Millan, María Inés ^a   Berner, Silvia Inés ^c   Luque, Guillermina María ^a   De Bonis, Cristian ^d   Sevlever, Gustavo ^e   Becu Villalobos, Damasia ^a   Cristina, Carolina ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional del Noroeste de la Provincia de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^c Hospital Oftalmologico Santa Lucia   (Argentina)

^d Division of Allergy and Immunology   (Argentina)

^e FLENI   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Nestin; Proliferation; Tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; NESTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84881367483     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: 15737403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-012-0421-9     Document Type: Article

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