Proopiomelanocortin gene is expressed in many normal human tissues and in tumors not associated with ectopic adrenocorticotropin syndrome.

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Published in Mol Endocrinol on September 01, 1988

Authors

C R DeBold1, J K Menefee, W E Nicholson, D N Orth

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232.

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