Comparative assessment of calcitonin stimulation test using calcium gluconate and pentagastrin and the usefulness of procalcitonin basic and post-stimulation concentrations in the diagnosis of patients after surgery for medullary thyroid cancer.

CONCLUSION: The results of the study suggest a similar diagnostic value of the tests with CaG compared to the PG as stimulants. In the present study we noticed a trend of basic and post-stimulation concentrations of PCT to increase in the tests with PG and CaG which correspond with the elevated concentrations of CT. PMID: 28326742 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Neuroendocrinology Letters - Category: Endocrinology Tags: Neuro Endocrinol Lett Source Type: research