Calcitonin measurement on fine needle washouts: Preanalytical Issues and Normal Reference Values

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 226-229

  Giovanella, Luca ^a,b   Ceriani, Luca ^a   Bongiovanni, Massimo ^c  

^a ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

calcitonin; cytology; fine needle aspiration; medullary thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CALCITONIN; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUBILITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84874112554     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.22804     Document Type: Article

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