Source of plasma adrenomedullin in patients with pheochromocytoma

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 994-997

  Minami, Junichi ^a   Nishikimi, Toshio ^a   Todoroki, Masakatsu ^a   Kashiwakura, Chieko ^a   Yagi, Hiroshi ^a   Ono, Hidehiko ^a   Horinaka, Shigeo ^a   Ishimitsu, Toshihiko ^a   Kangawa, Kenji ^b   Matsuoka, Hiroaki ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenomedullin; Cathecolamine; Molecular form; Pheochromocytoma

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ADRENOMEDULLIN; NORADRENALIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOMEDULLIN; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; PEPTIDES; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0036841325     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(02)02997-7     Document Type: Article

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