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NORMAL PLASMA CALCITONIN: CIRCADIAN VARIATION AND RESPONSE TO STIMULI

Carmel J. Hillyard, T. J. C. Cooke, R. Charles Coombes, I. M. A. Evans, I. MacIntyre

Clinical Endocrinology · 1977 · 67 citations · 12 references

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Abstract

A simple, reproducible extraction method has been developed, which is capable of measuring calcitonin in normal individuals. Normal calcitonin levels show a circadian variation, with a peak around midday and respond to known stimuli for calcitonin release.

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Immunoassay of Human Calcitonin

Armen H. Tashjian, Barbara G. Howland, Kenneth E. W. Melvin et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1970 · 310 citations

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PLASMA-IMMUNOREACTIVE-CALCITONIN IN PATIENTS WITH NON-THYROID TUMOURS

R. Charles Coombes, P. B. Greenberg, Carmel J. Hillyard et al. · The Lancet · 1974 · 183 citations

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Medullary Carcinoma of the Thyroid Gland

Armen H. Tashjian, Kenneth E. W. Melvin · New England Journal of Medicine · 1968 · 178 citations

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Relations of Calcitonin and Gastrin in the Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome and Medullary Carcinoma of the Thyroid

Glen W. Sizemore, Vay Liang W. Go, Edwin L. Kaplan et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1973 · 152 citations

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Ectopic Secretion of Calcitonin by Oat-Cell Carcinoma

Omega L. Silva, Kenneth L. Becker, Aron Primack et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1974 · 125 citations

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