Calcitonin levels are similar in goitrous euthyroid patients with or without thyroid antibodies, as well as in hypothyroid patients

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 530-535

  Pantazi, Helen ^a   Papapetrou, Peter D ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL; THYROIDITIS;

EID: 0031838281     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1380530     Document Type: Article

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