Diagnostic accuracy of free and total metanephrines in plasma and fractionated metanephrines in urine of patients with pheochromocytoma

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 951-960

  Grouzmann, Eric ^a   Drouard Troalen, Laurence ^b   Baudin, Eric ^b   Plouin, Pierre François ^c   Muller, Beat ^d   Grand, Daniela ^a   Buclin, Thierry ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^c HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METADRENALIN; NORMETADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METANEPHRINE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMETANEPHRINE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77951660972     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-09-0996     Document Type: Article

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