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Calcium-stimulated calcitonin - The “new standard” in the diagnosis of thyroid C-cell disease - clinically relevant gender-specific cut-off levels for an “old test”

INTRODUCTION: Pentagastrin (Pg) stimulated calcitonin (sCT) was used to enhance accuracy in medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) diagnosis. As it is now unavailable, calcium (Ca) has been recommended as an alternative. The aim of this study was to define gender-specific cut-off values to predict MTC in pa...

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Autores principales: Niederle, Martin B., Scheuba, Christian, Gessl, Alois, Li, Shuren, Koperek, Oskar, Bieglmayer, Christian, Riss, Philipp, Selberherr, Andreas, Niederle, Bruno
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6214694/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30429678
http://dx.doi.org/10.11613/BM.2018.030710