Metanephrines

Last updated February 28, 2025

The metanephrines are a group of molecules consisting of metanephrine and normetanephrine.

An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association , 2002, indicated that the measurement of plasma free levels of metanephrines is the best tool in the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma, an adrenal medullary neoplasm.^[1]

References

↑ Lenders J, Pacak K, Walther M, Linehan W, Mannelli M, Friberg P, Keiser H, Goldstein D, Eisenhofer G (2002). "Biochemical diagnosis of pheochromocytoma: which test is best?". JAMA. 287 (11): 1427–34. doi: 10.1001/jama.287.11.1427 . PMID 11903030. Free full text with registration

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[1] Lenders J, Pacak K, Walther M, Linehan W, Mannelli M, Friberg P, Keiser H, Goldstein D, Eisenhofer G (2002). "Biochemical diagnosis of pheochromocytoma: which test is best?". JAMA. 287 (11): 1427–34. doi: 10.1001/jama.287.11.1427 . PMID 11903030. Free full text with registration

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