Catecholamines - urine


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Catecholamine urine test
Catecholamine urine test
Female urinary tract
Female urinary tract
Male urinary tract
Male urinary tract
Alternative Names

Dopamine-urine test; Epinephrine-urine test; Adrenalin-urine test; Vanillylmandelic acid (VMA); Urine metanephrine; Normetanephrine; Norepinephrine-urine test; Urine catecholamines; VMA; HVA; Metanephrine; Homovanillic acid (HVA)


References

The Neuroblastoma Hope Foundation. Diagnostic Criteria.Available at: http://www.acor.org/nbl/diagnost.htm. Accessed May 17, 2005.

Wilson SP, Kamin DL, Feldman JM. Acetaminophen administration interferes with urinary metanephrine (and catecholamine) determinations. Clin Chem. 1985;31(6):1093-4.



Review Date: 05/17/2005
Reviewed By: Nikheel S. Kolatkar, MD, Clinical and Research Fellow, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.


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