Childhood sporadic pheochromocytoma: Clinical profile and outcome in 19 patients

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 749-756

  Bhansali, Anil ^a   Rajput, R ^a   Behra, A ^a   Rao, K L N ^a   Khandelwal, N ^a   Radotra, B D ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Children; Sporadic pheochromocytoma

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; NORADRENALIN; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PRAZOSIN; VANILMANDELIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33745283998     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2006.19.5.749     Document Type: Article

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