Peak calcitonin cut-off levels for the diagnosis of occult medullary thyroid cancer: evidence of confounding by gender
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Peak calcitonin cut-off levels for the diagnosis of occult medullary thyroid cancer: evidence of confounding by gender
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Predictive value of pentagastrin test for preoperative differential diagnosis between C-cell hyperplasia and medullary thyroid carcinoma in patients with moderately elevated basal calcitonin levels.Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2010 Jul;73(1):85-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2009.03759.x. Epub 2009 Dec 18. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2010. PMID: 20039894
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