Evaluating the optimum rest period prior to blood collection for fractionated plasma free metanephrines analysis
Introduction: The high diagnostic accuracy of plasma metanephrines (PMets) in the diagnosis of Phaeochromocytoma/Paraganglioma (PPGL) is well established. Considerable controversy exists regarding optimum sampling conditions for PMets. The use of reference intervals that do not compromise diagnostic...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-08-01
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| Series: | Practical Laboratory Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352551716300142 |