Identification and Measurement of Calcitonin Precursors in Serum of Patients with Malignant Diseases

Cancer Research

Volumn 49, Issue 23, 1989, Pages 6845-6851

  Ghillani, Pascale P ^a   Monk, PhiliDoe ^a   Troalen, Frederic ^a   Jullienne, Annick ^b,c   Gardet, Paule ^a   Chevalier, Thierry Le ^a   Rougier, Philippe ^a   Schlumberger, Martin ^a   Bohuon, Claude ^a   Bellet, Dominique ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; HORMONE PRECURSOR; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CALCITONIN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RNA, NEOPLASM; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024391044     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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