Inhaled insulin for the early detection of lung cancer

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 615-616

  Lehrer, Steven ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN; INSULIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PARATHYROID HORMONE RELATED PROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER; VASOPRESSIN;

BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HORMONE RELEASE; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; INSULIN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 50549085447     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.05.019     Document Type: Letter

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