Diagnosing unilateral primary aldosteronism - Comparison of a clinical prediction score, computed tomography and adrenal venous sampling

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-30

  Sze, W C Candy ^a,c   Soh, Lip Min ^a,c   Lau, Jeshen H ^b   Reznek, Rodney ^a   Sahdev, Anju ^a   Matson, Matthew ^a   Riddoch, Fiona ^a   Carpenter, Robert ^a   Berney, Dan ^a   Grossman, Ashley B ^c   Chew, Shern L ^a   Akker, Scott A ^a   Druce, Maralyn R ^a   Waterhouse, Mona ^a   Monson, John P ^a   Drake, William M ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT WESTERN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; IODINE 125;

ADRENAL VEIN SAMPLING; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CLINICAL PREDICTION SCORE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREDICTION; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; SUPPLEMENTATION; ADRENAL GLAND; BLOOD; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADULT; AGED; ALDOSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902479727     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cen.12374     Document Type: Article

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