Experience with a provocative test of calcitonin release as a prospective screening for preclinical medullary thyroid carcinoma in MEN type 2A family members.

van Lathem, J J; Vermaak, W J; Kuyl, J M; Mollentze, W; Jansen, S; Wolmarans, L; Pelser, H; Barry, R; Kruger, A J; Wolfaardt, M

van Lathem, J J; Vermaak, W J; Kuyl, J M; Mollentze, W; Jansen, S; Wolmarans, L; Pelser, H; Barry, R; Kruger, A J; Wolfaardt, M.

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van Lathem JJ; Department of Chemical Pathology, University of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, Republic of South Africa.

J Clin Lab Anal ; 6(6): 384-90, 1992.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1359042

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Calcitonin/metabolism; Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia/diagnosis; Thyroid Neoplasms/diagnosis; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Biomarkers; Calcitonin/blood; Calcium Chloride/administration & dosage; Child; Evaluation Studies as Topic; Female; Humans; Hyperplasia/diagnosis; Hyperplasia/genetics; Hyperplasia/physiopathology; Male; Middle Aged; Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia/genetics; Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia/physiopathology; Pedigree; Pentagastrin/administration & dosage; Precancerous Conditions/diagnosis; Precancerous Conditions/genetics; Precancerous Conditions/physiopathology; Radioimmunoassay; Thyroid Gland/pathology; Thyroid Neoplasms/genetics; Thyroid Neoplasms/physiopathology

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Calcitonin / Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia / Thyroid Neoplasms Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Evaluation_studies / Screening_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Child / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: J Clin Lab Anal Journal subject: TECNICAS E PROCEDIMENTOS DE LABORATORIO Year: 1992 Type: Article

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