Free or total metanephrines for diagnosis of pheochromocytoma: What is the difference?

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 6 I, 2001, Pages 988-989

  Eisenhofer, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; AMINE; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); CATECHOLAMINE; METADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN; NORMETADRENALIN; SULFOTRANSFERASE; VANILMANDELIC ACID;

CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; CHROMAFFIN CELL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEASUREMENT; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0035007256     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/47.6.988     Document Type: Editorial

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