Investigation of factors potentially influencing calcitonin levels in the screening and follow-up for medullary thyroid carcinoma: a cautionary note

BACKGROUND: The malignant transformation of thyroid C cells is associated with an increase in human calcitonin (hCT), which can thus be helpful in the early diagnosis of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). For this reason, hCT levels should be determined in all patients with nodular goitre. Hashimoto...

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Autores principales: Guesgen, Christoph, Willms, Arnulf, Zwad, Axel, Waldeck, Stephan, Wieler, Helmut, Schwab, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4175476/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24188348
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6890-13-27

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4175476/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24188348
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6890-13-27

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