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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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| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2005
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| 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 |