Clinical and genetic aspects of phaeochromocytoma

Hormone Research

Volumn 59, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 56-61

  Opocher, Giuseppe ^a,b   Schiavi, Francesca ^a   Conton, Pierantonio ^a   Scaroni, Carla ^a   Mantero, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Dept of Med and Surgical Sciences   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromosome 1; Genetics; Phaeochromocytoma

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; METADRENALIN; NORMETADRENALIN;

ADRENAL MEDULLA TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME 3P; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETICS; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SDHB GENE; SDHD GENE; SIPPLE SYNDROME; STRESS; SWEATING; SYMPTOM; VON HIPPEL LINDAU DISEASE;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; HIPPEL-LINDAU DISEASE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 0037262032     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067846     Document Type: Conference Paper

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