Metastatic parathyroid carcinoma (mPCa): Natural history and treatment of a case

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 429-432

  Vainas, I G ^a   Tsilikas, C ^a   Grecu, A ^a   Pasaitu, K ^a   Stergiou, I ^a   Kortsaris, A H ^a  

^a THEAGENIO CANCER HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Metastatic parathyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITONIN; DIURETIC AGENT; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PARATHYROID CARCINOMA; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CALCITONIN; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIPHOSPHONATES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031414027     PISSN: 03929078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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