Ectopic Corticotrophin-Releasing-Factor and Growth Hormone Releasing Factor Secretion: Diagnosis Using Human Pituitary Cell Culture

E. F. Adams,F. Skrabal,D. Carroll,M. Loizou,M.C White,J. A. Biggins,K. Mashiter

Ectopic Corticotrophin-Releasing-Factor and Growth Hormone Releasing Factor Secretion: Diagnosis Using Human Pituitary Cell Culture

1987

E. F. Adams
F. Skrabal
D. Carroll
M. Loizou
M.C White
J. A. Biggins
K. Mashiter

Cell culture of human pituitary tissue has been used to diagnose a patient with Cushing’s syndrome due to ectopic secretion of corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF; case 1) and a case of acromegaly as

Keywords:

Somatotropic cell
Small-cell carcinoma
Internal medicine
Secretion
Endocrinology
Cushing syndrome
Acromegaly
Medicine
Pituitary gland
Cell culture
Peptide hormone
Diabetes mellitus
Lung

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