Analytical quality of calcitonin determination and its effect on the adequacy of screening for medullary carcinoma of the thyroid

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 929-930

  Cavalier, Etienne ^a   Carlisi, Agnès ^a   Chapelle, Jean Paul ^a   Delanaye, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; PENTAGASTRIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER SCREENING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID DISEASE;

CALCITONIN; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; HUMANS; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 43449116372     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2007.100636     Document Type: Letter

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