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      Preliminary Results with the Clonidine Suppression Test in the Diagnosis of Pheochromocytoma

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      Cardiology
      S. Karger AG
      Pheochromocytoma, diagnosis of, Clonidine test, Essential hypertension

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          23 patients presenting with symptoms of pheochromocytoma were subjected to the clonidine suppression test. In 6 patients, in whom a pheochromocytoma was surgically approved later on, norepinephrine was not suppressed by clonidine. 17 patients in whom a secondary form of hypertension could be excluded by other diagnostic measures showed a marked decrease of plasma norepinephrine. Apart from drowsiness, no adverse side effects were observed. In our hands, the clonidine test proved as a safe and specific test in the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma.

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          Journal
          CRD
          Cardiology
          10.1159/issn.0008-6312
          Cardiology
          S. Karger AG
          978-3-8055-4079-7
          978-3-318-00139-6
          0008-6312
          1421-9751
          1985
          1985
          11 November 2008
          : 72
          : Suppl 1
          : 157-159
          Affiliations
          Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Mainz, FRG
          Article
          173965 Cardiology 1985;72:157–159
          10.1159/000173965
          4053124
          255108b4-cae8-47ac-bb0c-bf4dd341d8b7
          © 1985 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          General medicine,Neurology,Cardiovascular Medicine,Internal medicine,Nephrology
          Clonidine test,Pheochromocytoma, diagnosis of,Essential hypertension

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