Evaluation of an enzyme immunoassay for plasma-free metanephrines in the diagnosis of catecholamine-secreting tumors

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 131-140

  Procopiou, Michel ^b,c   Finney, Hazel ^a   Akker, Scott A ^b   Chew, Shern L ^b   Drake, William M ^b   Burrin, Jacky ^a   Grossman, Ashley B ^b  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Hopital de la Providence   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DOPAMINE; METADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN; NORMETADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; PARAGANGLIOMA; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; ADRENAL TUMOR; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATECHOLAMINES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; METANEPHRINE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMETANEPHRINE; PARAGANGLIOMA; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67650730872     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-09-0172     Document Type: Article

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