A rapid method for analyzing serum pro-insulin-like growth factor-II in patients with non-islet cell tumor hypoglycemia.

CONTEXT: Non-islet cell tumor hypoglycemia (NICTH) results from the hypersecretion of pro-IGF-II by a large, usually mesenchymal tumor. Detection of pro-IGF-II in serum is a potential tumor marker in these patients. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to validate a rapid and reliable method for de...

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Autori principali: Miraki-Moud, F, Grossman, AB, Besser, M, Monson, J, Camacho-Hübner, C
Natura: Journal article
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: 2005