Pheochromocytoma Catecholamine Phenotypes and Prediction of Tumor Size and Location by Use of Plasma Free Metanephrines
Author(s) -
Graeme Eisenhofer,
Jacques W.M. Lenders,
David S. Goldstein,
Massimo Mannelli,
György Csákó,
McClellan M. Walther,
Frederieke M. Brouwers,
Karel Pacák
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2004.045484
Subject(s) - metanephrine , metanephrines , normetanephrine , pheochromocytoma , norepinephrine , medicine , paraganglioma , endocrinology , catecholamine , epinephrine , chemistry , urology , pathology , dopamine
Measurements of plasma free metanephrines (normetanephrine and metanephrine) provide a useful test for diagnosis of pheochromocytoma and may provide other information about the nature of these tumors.
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