Elevated catecholamine metabolites in patients with Costello syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 128 A, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 48-51

  Gripp, Karen W ^a   Kawame, Hiroshi ^b   Viskochil, David H ^c   Nicholson, Linda ^a  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b NAGANO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamine; Costello syndrome; Homovanillic acid (HVA); Neuroblastoma; Tumor screening; Vanillylmandelic acid (VMA)

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; VANILMANDELIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CATECHOLAMINE SECRETING TUMOR; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COSTELLO SYNDROME; DIAPHORESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; METABOLITE; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEUROBLASTOMA; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SCREENING TEST; SOLID TUMOR; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 3042843504     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30100     Document Type: Article

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