Diagnosis at dusk: Malignant hypertension and phaeochromocytoma in a 6-year-old girl

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-69

  Corcoran, John ^a   Bird, Chris ^a   Side, Lucy ^b   Lakhoo, Kokila ^a   Ryan, Fiona ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure measurement; Hypertension; Phaeochromocytoma

Indexed keywords

METADRENALIN; NIFEDIPINE; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PROPRANOLOL; PROTEIN; VON HIPPEL LINDAU PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALAISE; MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION; MISSENSE MUTATION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; URINALYSIS;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; CHILD; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, MALIGNANT; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VON HIPPEL-LINDAU TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

EID: 38849156340     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.01049.x     Document Type: Article

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