Immunohistochemical localization and functional characterization of somatostatin receptor subtypes in a corticotropin releasing hormonesecreting adrenal phaeochromocytoma: review of the literature and report of a case
Somastostatin receptors are frequently expressed in phaeochromocytoma but data on somatostatin receptor subtyping are scanty and the functional response to the somatostatin analogue octretide is still debated.We report an unusual case of pheochromocytoma, causing ectopic Cushing’s syndrome due to CR...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2009-08-01
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Series: | European Journal of Histochemistry |
Online Access: | http://www.ejh.it/index.php/ejh/article/view/1227 |