False-negative thyroglobulin measurement in recurrent/metastatic thyroid carcinomas

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 326-327

  Giovanella, Luca ^a  

^a ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY;

FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; LETTER; METASTASIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID CARCINOMA; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 58849137476     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-008-1005-9     Document Type: Letter

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