A false-positive diagnosis of C-cell hyperplasia in a member of a family with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A and familial colonic polyposis

Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 587-588

  Gallegos Martínez, José ^b   Herrera, Miguel F ^a   Del Rincón, Juan Pablo ^b   Decker, Ruth A ^b   Angeles Angeles, Arturo ^b   González, Ofelia ^b   Rull, Juan A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILIAL COLON POLYPOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; SIPPLE SYNDROME; THYROID HYPERPLASIA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA;

EID: 0031925421     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/msy.1998.84822     Document Type: Article

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