Spuriously elevated plasma calcitonin in a patient with a thyroid nodule not associated with medullary thyroid carcinoma

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 883, 1999, Pages 289-290

  Lamb, E J ^a   Heddle, R M ^a   Ellis, A ^b  

^a EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcitonin; Immunometric assay; Radioimmunoassay; Thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASSAY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032918578     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.75.883.289     Document Type: Article

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