The clinical spectrum of phaeochromocytoma: Analysis of 115 patients

BJU International

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1561-1564

  Safwat, Ahmed S ^a   Bissada, Nabil K ^a,c   Seyam, Raouf M ^b   Al Sobhi, Saif ^b   Hanash, Kamal A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Hypertension; Multiple endocrine neoplasia; Phaeochromocytoma; Von Hippel Lindau disease

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SIPPLE SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VON HIPPEL LINDAU DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43949112313     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07430.x     Document Type: Article

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