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vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) in plasma

Indications: - evaluation of neuroendocrine tumors - VIPoma - neural crest tumors - neuroblastoma - MEN-1 - pheochromcytoma - medullary thyroid carcinoma - bronchogenic carcinoma Increases: - > 75 pg/mL in patients with VIPoma [2]

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vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP); [precursor contains: intestinal peptide PHV-42; intestinal peptide PHM-27; peptide histidine methioninamide 27; vasoactive intestinal peptide]

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vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) in body fluid

References

  1. Clinical Guide to Laboratory Tests, 4th edition, HB Wu ed, WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 2006
  2. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 16 American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2012