A patient with neurofibromatosis type 1 and watery diarrhoea syndrome due to a VIP-producing adrenal phaeochromocytoma

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 231-234

  Van Ufford Mannesse, Patricia Quarles ^a   Cabezas, M Castro ^a   Vroom, T M ^a   Van Gils, A P G ^a   Lips, C J M ^a   Niermeijer, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Gooi Noord Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Neurofibromatosis; Phaeochromocytoma; VIP; Watery diarrhoea syndrome

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CHROMOSOME 17; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION; VERNER MORRISON SYNDROME; VIPOMA;

EID: 0032775482     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1999.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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