Recurrent near-syncope with flushing

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 718-724

  Suchard, Jeffrey R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoid; Endocrinopathy; Mastocytosis; pheochromocytoma; Syncope; Vasomotor flushing

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; LORATADINE; RANITIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CARCINOID SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; SYSTEMIC MASTOCYTOSIS; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030858438     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1997.tb03767.x     Document Type: Article

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