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[The diagnosis of medullary carcinoma of the thyroid (author's transl)]
Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)
|April 1, 1977
Abstract:
The pentagastrin stimulation test was given to ten brothers and sisters of two patients who had previously undergone total thyroidectomy for medullary carcinoma of the thyroid. 5 microng pentagastrin/kg body-weight were injected as an intravenous bolus and calcitonin levels determined before and after. The test was positive in four members of the family and the presence of a medullary carcinoma was subsequently confirmed in them histologically.