Calcitonin (polyclonal)

Catalog Number: | 760-2611 |
Ordering Code: | 05267277001 |
Quantity: | 50 tests |
Controls: | Medullary Carcinoma of Thyroid |
Clone Name: | Polyclonal |
Species: | Rabbit |
Localization: | Cytoplasmic |
Regulatory Status: | IVD |
Immunohistochemical staining with anti-calcitonin antibody has proven to be an effective way of demonstrating calcitonin-producing cells in the thyroid. C-cell hyperplasia and medullary thyroid carcinomas stain positive for calcitonin. Studies of calcitonin have resulted in the identification of a wide spectrum of C-cell proliferative abnormalities.