Letter to the Editor
Supine or sitting? Economic considerations regarding patient position during plasma metanephrine analysis for the exclusion of chromaffin tumours
Vasileios Chortis,
Vasileios Chortis
School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Search for more papers by this author Irina Bancos,
Irina Bancos
School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Search for more papers by this author Rachel K. Crowley,
Rachel K. Crowley
School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Search for more papers by this author Wiebke Arlt,
Wiebke Arlt
School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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Vasileios Chortis,
Vasileios Chortis
School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Search for more papers by this author Irina Bancos,
Irina Bancos
School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Search for more papers by this author Rachel K. Crowley,
Rachel K. Crowley
School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Search for more papers by this author Wiebke Arlt,
Wiebke Arlt
School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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First published: 16 August 2014
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