Measurement of fractionated plasma metanephrines for exclusion of pheochromocytoma: Can specificity be improved by adjustment for age?

BACKGROUND: Biochemical testing for pheochromocytoma by measurement of fractionated plasma metanephrines is limited by false positive rates of up to 18% in people without known genetic predisposition to the disease. The plasma normetanephrine fraction is responsible for most false positives and plas...

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Autores principales: Sawka, Anna M, Thabane, Lehana, Gafni, Amiram, Levine, Mitchell, Young, William F
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC553971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15737232
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6823-5-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC553971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15737232
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6823-5-1

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