The ultimate biochemical diagnosis of neuroendocrine gastro-enteropancreatic tumours

Digestion

Volumn 57, Issue , 1996, Pages 48-49

  Faiss, S ^a   Scherubl H ^a   Riecken, E O ^a   Wiedenmann, Bertram ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACTHoma; Carcinoid; Diagnosis; Gastrinoma; GRFoma; Hormone; Insulinoma; Serotonin; Somatostatinoma; Vasoactive intestinal peptide

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN A; HORMONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PEPTIDE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030001103     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: 14219867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000201395     Document Type: Article

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