Malignant and benign pheochromocytoma: Chromaffin granule transmitters and the response to medical and surgical treatment

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 971, Issue , 2002, Pages 530-532

  Fangwen, R A O ^a,b   Keiser, Harry R ^c   O'Connor, Daniel T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epinephrine; Norepinephrine; Plasma chromogranin A

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CHROMOGRANIN A; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; NORADRENALIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; BENIGN TUMOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMAFFIN CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; GRANULE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0037024650     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04519.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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