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Medullary thyroid carcinoma: role of genetic testing and calcitonin measurement.
Annals of clinical biochemistry - 1 May 2001
Lips C J, Höppener J W, Thijssen J H
Abstract excerpt
All patients with a thyroid nodule should have their plasma CT measured. Stimulated CT is generally better than basal, but in the lower ranges false negatives and false positives still occur. In families with hereditary MTC, RET gene mutation analysis has superseded measurement of plasma CT in the detection of asymptomatic disease gene carriers. All individuals with apparently sporadic MTC, but in whom there is...
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