The recognition of their endocrine-related properties were later described by Gosset and Masson in 1914, and these tumors are now known to arise from the enterochromaffin (EC) and enterochromaffin-like (ECL) cells of the gut.
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Derrick Bell, Professor and Legal Scholar, died of carcinoid cancer October 5, 2011.
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Don Meyer, head coach emeritus of the Northern State University men's basketball team.
5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), a metabolite of serotonin used to diagnose carcinoid tumors