Chromogranin A in pituitary adenomas: immunohistochemical detection and plasma concentrations.

Forty one pituitary adenomas excised surgically were immunostained to reveal pituitary hormones and chromogranin A (CgA). In 23 patients, plasma CgA concentration was determined before surgery by ELISA method. The CgA immunopositivity was found in 70.7% of investigated tumors. It was observed in all...

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Main Authors: Jolanta Kunert-Radek, Maciej Radek, Anna Gruszka, Marek Pawlikowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Via Medica 2005-02-01
Series:Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica
Online Access:http://czasopisma.viamedica.pl/fhc/article/view/4633