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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Publié dans:BMC Endocr Disord
Auteurs principaux: Sawka, Anna M, Thabane, Lehana, Gafni, Amiram, Levine, Mitchell, Young, William F
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: BMC 2005
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC553971/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15737232/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6823-5-1
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