Malignant gastric carcinoid causing ectopic ACTH syndrome: Discrepancy of plasma ACTH levels measured by different immunoradiometric assays

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 743-750

  Tsuchiya, Kyoichiro ^a   Minami, Isao ^a   Tateno, Toru ^a   Izumiyama, Hajime ^a   Doi, Masaru ^a   Nemoto, Tetsuo ^a   Mae, Sunao ^b   Kasuga, Tsutomu ^b   Osamura, R Yoshiyuki ^c   Oki, Yutaka ^d   Hirata, Yukio ^a  

^a Graduate School ^*  (Japan)

^b Nakano General Hospital   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ectopic ACTH syndrome; Gastric carcinoid; Immunoradiometric assay (IRMA); Proopiomelanocortin (POMC)

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN[1-39]; FURIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PLASMA; STOMACH CARCINOID;

ACTH SYNDROME, ECTOPIC; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CARCINOID TUMOR; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 30844436611     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.52.743     Document Type: Article

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