Adrenal gland: Uncertainty in the selective use of adrenal vein sampling

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 442-443

  Rosenquist, Klara J ^a   Dluhy, Robert G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; HYDROCORTISONE; RENIN; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL VEIN SAMPLING; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALDOSTERONE RELEASE; ALGORITHM; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ADRENAL GLANDS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNCERTAINTY; VEINS;

EID: 79960837701     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2011.107     Document Type: Short Survey

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