Calculation and validation of a plasma calcitonin limit for early detection of medullary thyroid carcinoma in nodular thyroid disease

Thyroid

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 327-332

  Rink, Thomas ^a   Truong, Phuong Ngan ^b   Schroth, Hans Joachim ^a   Diener, Jürgen ^b   Zimny, Michael ^a   Grünwald, Frank ^b  

^a Municipal Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; PENTAGASTRIN; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC GOITER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STIMULATION; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCITONIN; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CHILD; GERMANY; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 66749141384     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2008.0102     Document Type: Article

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