Neurogenic hypertension associated with an excessively high excretion rate of catecholamine metabolites.
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Neurogenic hypertension associated with an excessively high excretion rate of catecholamine metabolites.
A 60 year old hypertensive patient suffered several cerebral infarctions. A phaeochromocytoma was suspected because the excretion rates of vanillylmandelic acid and its methoxy derivatives were raised and the patient had hypertensive crises. No tumour was found, however, by 131mI-iodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy and computed tomography of the abdomen. Moreover, the enhanced orthostatic plasma c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 1987
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.57.5.487