The association of a panel of biomarkers with the presence and severity of carcinoid heart disease: a cross-sectional study.

<h4>Purpose</h4>Metastatic neuroendocrine tumors secrete serotonin and other vasoactive substances that are responsible for carcinoid syndrome and carcinoid heart disease. We sought to evaluate the discriminatory utility of diagnostic biomarkers in determining the presence and severity o...

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Main Authors: Rebecca Dobson, Malcolm I Burgess, Melissa Banks, D Mark Pritchard, Jiten Vora, Juan W Valle, Christopher Wong, Carrie Chadwick, Keith George, Brian Keevil, Joanne Adaway, Joy E S Ardill, Alan Anthoney, Uschi Hofmann, Graeme J Poston, Daniel J Cuthbertson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24069222/?tool=EBI