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. 1986 Jan;39(1):29–35. doi: 10.1136/jcp.39.1.29

Does ovarian sex cord tumour with annular tubules produce progesterone?

J Dolan, A H Al-Timimi, S M Richards, J B Jeffs, G C Mason, D B Smith, P S Hasleton
PMCID: PMC499609  PMID: 3512608

Abstract

Probable progesterone production was identified by an immunoperoxidase assay in a case of an ovarian sex cord tumour with annular tubules. The tumour was associated with a serous cystadenofibroma in the opposite ovary and with adenoma malignum (adenocarcinoma) of the cervix.

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