Lack of symptoms in patients with histologic evidence of pheochromocytoma: A diagnostic challenge

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1073, Issue , 2006, Pages 47-51

  Cohen, Debbie L ^a   Fraker, Douglas ^a   Townsend, Raymond R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Pheochromocytoma; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE;

ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIPPLE SYNDROME; SWEATING; SYMPTOM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYCARDIA; VON HIPPEL LINDAU DISEASE;

EID: 33845501221     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1353.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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