Seizures as a presenting symptom of phaeochromocytoma in a young soldier

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-75

  Leiba, A ^a,b   Bar Dayan, Y ^b   Leker, R R ^b   Apter, S ^a,b   Grossman, E ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Convulsion; Phaeochromocytoma

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CATECHOLAMINE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE;

ACIDOSIS; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CONVALESCENCE; EMERGENCY WARD; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MUSCLE LEVEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; SEIZURE; SOLDIER; SYMPTOM; TUMOR SCINTISCANNING;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037258684     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001499     Document Type: Article

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