Frequent incidental discovery of phaeochromocytoma: Data from a German cohort of 201 phaeochromocytoma

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 355-361

  Kopetschke, Robert ^a   Slisko, Mario ^b   Kilisli, Aylin ^a   Tuschy, Ulrich ^c   Wallaschofski, Henri ^d   Fassnacht, Martin ^e   Ventz, Manfred ^a   Beuschlein, Felix ^b   Reincke, Martin ^b   Reisch, Nicole ^b   Quinkler, Marcus ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HELIOS KLINIKUM ERFURT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROFIBROMIN; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL INCIDENTALOMA; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GERMANY; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEATING; TUMOR VOLUME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTERVENTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349145047     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-09-0384     Document Type: Article

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