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18407076

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-4-14
pubmed:abstractText
Elevated serum glycoprotein hormone alpha-subunit (alpha-subunit) levels are seen in about one of six patients bearing pituitary adenomas. This finding has particular clinical significance in patients with nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas. Moreover, the measurement of alpha-subunit along with the calculation of the molar ratio between alpha-subunit and TSH, LH, or FSH is helpful in the diagnosis of glycoprotein hormone-secreting pituitary adenomas. Since serum alpha-subunit levels may vary greatly in several physiologic and pathologic conditions, care has to be taken to differentiate abnormal from normal states of alpha-subunit hypersecretion as well as to exclude causes of alpha-subunit overproduction only casually associated with the presence of pituitary tumors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1043-2760
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
41-5
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Glycoprotein hormone alpha-subunit in pituitary adenomas.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Endocrine Sciences, University of Milan, Ospedale Maggiore IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Conference