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Table2 Catecholamines and their metabolites changes over 5 years

From: Pitfalls in the diagnosis and treatment of a hypertensive patient with unilateral primary aldosteronism and contralateral pheochromocytoma: a case report

 

First admission

After 5 years

Normal range

Plasma

 Epinephrine (pg/mL)

30

60

 < 100

 Norepinephrine (pg/mL)

310

200

 < 450

 Dopamine (pg/mL)

 < 20

 < 20

 < 20

Urine

 Epinephrine (μg/day)

23.7

26.5

 < 41

 Norepinephrine (μg/day)

151.6

142.3

 < 160

 Dopamine (μg/day)

582.1

644.0

 < 1100

 Metanephrine (mg/day)

0.47

0.81

 < 0.19

 Normetanephrine (mg/day)

0.46

0.60

 < 0.33

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BMC Endocrine Disorders

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