Another cause of 'pseudophaeochromocytoma' - Quetiapine associated with a false positive normetanephrine result [1]

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 472-473

  Doogue, Matthew ^a   Soule, Steven ^a   Hunt, Penny ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORMETADRENALIN; QUETIAPINE;

ADULT; BIOCHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TUMOR; LETTER; NEURILEMOMA; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; ULTRASOUND;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIBENZOTHIAZEPINES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEURILEMMOMA; NORMETANEPHRINE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 34548023059     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.02796.x     Document Type: Letter

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