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metanephrine

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metanephrine [‚med·ə′ne‚frən]
(biochemistry)
An inactive metabolite of epinephrine (3-O-methylepinephrine) that is excreted in the urine; it is recovered and measured as a test for pheochromocytoma.
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6, glucose 124; * plasma metanephrine was normal at 0.
Urinary bladder pheochromocytoma by Adeniji, Adejimi O. / Applied Radiology
The endocrine studies (urinary metanephrine, vanillylmandelic acid, homovanillic acid and dopamine) are useful in patients with symptoms of cathacolamine-secreting tumors.
Update in carotid chemodectomas by Goffredo, Costanza; Antignani, Pier Luigi; Gervasi, Francesco; Ricottini, Elisabetta / Archives: The International Journal of Medicine
In a suspected case of adrenal neoplasm, or in elucidating the cause of secondary hypertension in addition to excluding pheochromocytoma by serum metanephrine or VMA in urine, cortisol production should also be measured by either serum cortisol levels or a low-dose dexamethasone suppression test.
A woman with long-standing hypertension diagnosed with metastatic ... by Alikhan, Mir A.; Pikul, Frank J.; Toth, Peter P. / Journal of Applied Research
 
 
 
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