A small cell carcinoma of the pancreas with a high level of serum ProGRP [9]

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 834-835

  Matsubayashi, Hiroyuki ^a   Fujiwara, Shinichi ^a   Kobayashi, Yuka ^a   Iiri, Takao ^a   Mitra, Anirban ^b   Goggins, Michael ^b   Hruban, Ralph H ^b   Moriyasu, Fuminori ^c  

^a Tachikawa General Hospital   (Japan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE; PREDNISOLONE; PROGASTRIN; PROGASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SMOKING;

AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4644228363     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000140189.65405.2d     Document Type: Letter

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