Acta Med. 2003, 46: 9-14

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2019.2

Pancreatic-Polypeptide in the Human Pancreas: Expression and Quantitative Variation During Development and in Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Demetrio Tamiolakisa, Constantine Simopoulosb, Athanasia Kotinic, Ioannis Venizelosd, Theodoros Jivannakise, Nikolaos Papadopoulosf

aGeneral Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Department of Cytology, Greece
bDemocritus University of Thrace, Department of Experimental Surgery, Greece
cDemocritus University of Thrace, Department of Medical Physics, Greece
dIppokration Hospital of Salonica, Department of Pathology, Greece
eGeneral Hospital of Drama, Department of Pathology, Greece
fDemocritus University of Thrace, Department of Histology – Embryology, Greece

Received December 1, 2002
Accepted February 1, 2003

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