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Adrenal Incidentaloma: Diagnostics and Choice of Therapeutic Management
Mìžnarodnij Endokrinologìčnij Žurnal, 2014 Taking into the consideration the widespread usage of modern instrumental methods of topical diagnosis, the choice of the management of patients with adrenal incidentalomas is a topical problem in current medicine.
L.А. Lutsenko, A.M. Kvachenyuk
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Relationship between Vitamin D Status and Autonomic Nervous System Activity [PDF]
, 2016 This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).Vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased arterial stiffness ...
Burt, Morton Garth +3 more
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Diagnostic accuracy of free and total metanephrines in plasma and fractionated metanephrines in urine of patients with pheochromocytoma [PDF]
European Journal of Endocrinology, 2010 BackgroundPlasma free and urinary metanephrines are recognized biomarkers for the assessment of pheochromocytoma. Plasma total metanephrines with a long half-life may represent another useful biomarker.ObjectiveThe aim of this study is to evaluate the diagnostic performances of plasma total metanephrines alone or combined with free metanephrines and ...
Grouzmann, E. +6 more
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Functioning adrenal myelolipoma: A rare cause of hypertension
Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2013 Co-occurrence of adrenal incidentaloma with hypertension calls for evaluation of endocrine causes including pheochromocytoma, Cushing′s disease, and primary aldosteronism. We are reporting 40-years-old man who presented with hypertension and adrenal mass.
Nagendar Jakka +4 more
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Hypertensive Crisis in a Pediatric Patient Experiencing Clonidine Withdrawal
Case Reports in Pediatrics, 2022 Background. Clonidine, a central alpha-adrenoreceptor agonist, was initially developed as an antihypertensive. Though no longer commonly used for its original indication due to rebound hypertension after discontinuation, it is currently widely prescribed
Can Cao +4 more
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Surgical management of pheochromocytoma in a 13-week pregnant woman [PDF]
, 2014 A 34-year-old 13-week pregnant woman presented with hypertension refractory to medical therapy and on workup was found to have a right adrenal mass. Due to her persistent increased blood pressure she was advised urinary vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) and ...
Abbas, Farhat +2 more
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Plasma metanephrines: a novel and cost-effective test for pheochromocytoma
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2000 Pheochromocytomas are rare chromaffin cell tumors that nevertheless must be excluded in large numbers of patients who develop sustained or episodic hypertension as well as in many others with suggestive symptoms or with a familial history of ...
G. Eisenhofer +5 more
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Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2023 Background Measurement of free metanephrines is recommended for screening of pheochromocytoma (PCC) but requires appropriate reference intervals (RIs).
Marit F. van denBerg +7 more
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Tumors in von Hippel–Lindau Syndrome: From Head to Toe—Comprehensive State-of-the-Art Review [PDF]
, 2018 Von Hippel–Lindau syndrome (VHL) is an autosomal-dominant hereditary tumor disease that arises owing to germline mutations in the VHL gene, located on the short arm of chromosome 3.
Bhalla, Sanjeev +6 more
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MetabolitesBackground: Quantifying urinary catecholamines and metanephrines is essential for the clinical screening and diagnosis of neuroendocrine tumours. HPLC with electrochemical detection (HPLC-ECD) is commonly used for this type of analysis but requires ...
Deema O. Qasrawi +4 more
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