THE ULTIMATE BIOCHEMICAL-DIAGNOSIS OF NEUROENDOCRINE GASTRO-ENTEROPANCREATIC TUMORS

Authors
FAISS S SCHERUBL H RIECKEN EO WIEDENMANN B
Citation
S. Faiss et al., THE ULTIMATE BIOCHEMICAL-DIAGNOSIS OF NEUROENDOCRINE GASTRO-ENTEROPANCREATIC TUMORS, Digestion, 57, 1996, pp. 48-49
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Digestion → ACNP
ISSN journal
00122823
Volume
57
Year of publication
1996
Supplement
1
Pages
48 - 49
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-2823(1996)57:<48:TUBONG>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
This paper considers the confirmation of diagnosis, made initially fro m histological analysis of tumour tissue, of neuroendocrine tumour dis ease, using elevated secretory products in the blood. These include ho rmones, peptides, neurotransmitters and packaging proteins of secretor y vesicles such as chromogranin A.