Seasonal variation in plasma free normetanephrine concentrations: Implications for biochemical diagnosis of pheochromocytoma

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 349-357

  Pamporaki, Christina ^a   Bursztyn, Michael ^a   Reimann, Manja ^a   Ziemssen, Tjalf ^a   Bornstein, Stefan R ^a   Sweep, Fred C G J ^b   Timmers, Henri ^b   Lenders, Jacques W M ^a,b   Eisenhofer, Graeme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METADRENALIN; NORMETADRENALIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOREARM; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPRING; SUMMER; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS BLOOD; VERY ELDERLY; WARMING; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; FOREARM; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; METANEPHRINE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMETANEPHRINE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEASONS;

EID: 84896275640     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-13-0673     Document Type: Article

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