Product name:Rat Calcitonin,CT ELISA Kit
Description:
The most prominent clinical syndrome associated with a disordered hypersecretion of Calcitonin is medullary carcinoma of the thyroid (MTC). Calcitonin measurements can be used to monitor the efficacy of therapy in patients with Calcitonin producing tumors. It has been reported that multiple forms of immunoreactive calcitonin are found in either normal subjects or patients with MTC.Neoplastic disorders of other neuroendocrine cells can also elevate Calcitonin. The best example is small cell lung cancer. Other tumors such as carcinoids and islet cell tumors of the pancreas can also result in elevated serum Calcitonin. Increases in serum Calcitonin has also been noted in both acute and chronic renal failure, hypercalciuria and hypercalcemia.