Comparison of two immunoradiometric assays for parathyroid hormone-related protein in the evaluation of cancer patients with and without hypercalcemia

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 277, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 171-180

  De Miguel, F ^a   Motellon J L ^b   Hurtado, J ^b   Jimenez F J ^a   Esbrit, P ^a  

^a Metabolic Research Unit   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hypercalcemia; Immunoradiometric assay; Parathyroid hormone related protein; Tumors

Indexed keywords

PARATHYROID HORMONE RELATED PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYELOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PARATHYROID HORMONE-RELATED PROTEIN; PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031753116     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(98)00127-2     Document Type: Article

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