Comparison of adrenal vein sampling and computed tomography in the differentiation of primary aldosteronism

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1066-1071

  Magill, Steven B ^a,b   Raff, Hershel ^a   Shaker, Joseph L ^a   Brickner, Robert C ^a   Knechtges, Thomas E ^a   Kehoe, Michael E ^a   Findling, James W ^a  

^a ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Endocrinology and Diabetes   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADRENAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; ALDOSTERONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VEINS;

EID: 0035051073     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.86.3.1066     Document Type: Article

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