Procalcitonin can be used for monitoring sepsis in patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma

Thyroid. 2009 Nov;19(11):1287-9. doi: 10.1089/thy.2009.0093.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • C-Reactive Protein / metabolism
  • Calcitonin / blood*
  • Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
  • Carcinoma, Medullary / blood*
  • Carcinoma, Medullary / complications
  • Creatinine / blood
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Protein Precursors / blood*
  • Sepsis / blood*
  • Sepsis / complications
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / blood*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / complications

Substances

  • CALCA protein, human
  • Protein Precursors
  • Calcitonin
  • C-Reactive Protein
  • Creatinine
  • Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide