Is there an ectopic secretion of monomeric calcitonin in the human being?

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 383, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 456-459

  Engelbach, M ^a   Heerdt, S ^a   Gorges R ^a   Kunt, T ^a   Pfutzner A ^a   Forst, T ^a   Diefenbach, K ^a   Walgenbach, S ^a   Beyer, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcitonin; Differentiated thyroid carcinoma; Ectopic production; Follow up; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECTOPIC HORMONE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIODINATION; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCITONIN; CARCINOMA; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; FEMALE; HORMONES, ECTOPIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENTAGASTRIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0032441720     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004230050160     Document Type: Article

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