Pseudophaeochromocytoma in two young Africans

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 583-584

  Okosieme, O E ^a   Morse, R E ^a  

^a LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LABETALOL; METADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN; RENIN; VANILMANDELIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 10644281147     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.97.12.583     Document Type: Article

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