To stimulate or not to stimulate: Is adrenocorticotrophic hormone testing necessary, or not? [3]

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 480-481

  Tanemoto, Masayuki ^a   Satoh, Fumitoshi ^a   Abe, Takaaki ^a   Ito, Sadayoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL GLAND; ALDOSTERONE PRODUCING ADENOMA; ALDOSTERONE RELEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG MEGADOSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; SUPRARENAL VEIN; VEIN; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 33846039431     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328011d80a     Document Type: Letter

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