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Serum calcitonin negative Medullary thyroid carcinoma
BACKGROUND: Medullary thyroid carcinomas (MTC) constitute about 5 to 7 % of thyroid neoplasms. They originate from parafollicular C cells which produce Calcitonin, a hormone which has an impact on calcium metabolism and represents the biochemical activity of MTC. In rare cases pre-operative serum ca...
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BioMed Central
2006
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1769382/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17184544 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-4-97 |