Plasma metanephrines: a novel and cost-effective test for pheochromocytoma

Pheochromocytomas are rare chromaffin cell tumors that nevertheless must be excluded in large numbers of patients who develop sustained or episodic hypertension as well as in many others with suggestive symptoms or with a familial history of pheochromocytoma. Diagnosis of pheochromocytoma depends im...

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Main Authors: G. Eisenhofer, M. Walther, H.R. Keiser, J.W.M. Lenders, P. Friberg, K. Pacak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2000-10-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2000001000005