Identification of the etiology of primary aldosteronism with adrenal vein sampling in patients with equivocal computed tomography and magnetic resonance findings: Results in 104 consecutive cases

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1083-1090

  Rossi, Gian Paolo ^b   Sacchetto, Alfredo ^c   Chiesura Corona, Matteo ^a   De Toni, Renzo ^c   Gallina, Michele ^c   Feltrin, Gian Pietro ^a   Pessina, Achille C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035048785     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.86.3.7287     Document Type: Article

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