Carotid body tumors and adrenal pheochromocytomas in siblings of a Turkish family

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 396-400

  Erem, Cihangir ^a   Hacihasanoglu, Arif ^a   Cinel, Akif ^a   Isik, A Cemal Umit ^a   Reis, Abdülkadir ^a   Sari, Ahmet ^a   Ersöz, Halil Önder ^a   Ukinç, Kubilay ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carotid body tumor; Familial pheochromocytoma; Turkish family

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 131; ADRENALIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CATECHOLAMINE; CHROMOGRANIN A; DOPAMINE; HEMOGLOBIN; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; METADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN; NORMETADRENALIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VANILMANDELIC ACID;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIGREE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SIBLING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URINE;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; TURKEY;

EID: 33746893820     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094277     Document Type: Article

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