Editorial: Calcitonin determination in patients with nodular thyroid disease

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 425-427

  Borget, I ^a   De Pouvourville, G ^a   Schlumberger, Martin ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN;

CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL HYPERPLASIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; NODULAR GOITER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID SURGERY;

EID: 33846996361     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2006-2735     Document Type: Editorial

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