Calcitonin serum levels in different pituitary diseases. A preliminary report.
The calcitonin (CT) concentration has been determined in the serum of 17 patients with different pituitary diseases. More or less elevated levels were found in 7 of them. No definite correlation has been observed between the immunoreactive CT and the different pituitary hormones.
D000172:Acromegaly / Q000097:blood; D000236:Adenoma / Q000097:blood; D000238:Adenoma, Chromophobe / Q000097:blood; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood*; D004652:Empty Sella Syndrome / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000097:blood*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000097:blood
D002116:Calcitonin