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Growth hormone-releasing hormone and pituitary development, hyperplasia and tumorigenesis.
Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM - 1 Sept 2002
Frohman Lawrence A, Kineman Rhonda D
Abstract excerpt
Growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) is essential for expansion of the somatotrope lineage during pituitary development, and excessive GHRH secretion and/or action results in unregulated somatotrope proliferation and neoplastic transformation. Our understanding of the molecular and morphological bases for these effects from both animal and clinical studies has greatly increased during the past decade. However,...
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