Roles of clinical criteria, computed tomography scan, and adrenal vein sampling in differential diagnosis of primary aldosteronism subtypes

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1366-1371

  Mulatero, Paolo ^a,b   Bertello, Chiara ^a   Rossato, Denis ^a   Mengozzi, Giulio ^b   Milan, Alberto ^a   Garrone, Corrado ^a   Giraudo, Giuseppe ^a   Passarino, Giorgio ^b   Garabello, Domenica ^b   Verhovez, Andrea ^a   Rabbia, Franco ^a   Veglio, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADRENAL VEIN SAMPLING; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 42049113844     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2007-2055     Document Type: Article

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