Diagnosis and Treatment of Pheochromocytoma in an Academic Hospital from 1997 to 2007

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-95

  Yu, Run ^a   Nissen, Nicholas N ^a,b   Chopra, Preeti ^a   Dhall, Deepti ^a   Phillips, Edward ^a   Wei, Meng ^c  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Cedars Sinai/UCLA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemical test; Imaging characteristics; Overdiagnosis; Pheochromocytoma; Underdiagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL BIOPSY; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 58049211846     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.08.021     Document Type: Article

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