High plasma amylin/islet amyloid polypeptide levels in patients with residual medullary thyroid carcinoma after total thyroidectomy

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 585-589

  Alevizaki, M ^a   Grigorakis, S I ^a   Tseleni Balafouta, S ^a   Alevizaki, C C ^a   Philippou, G ^a   Anastasiou, E ^a   Souvatzoglou, A ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLIN; CALCITONIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0035158245     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1450585     Document Type: Article

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