title: Supine or sitting? Economic considerations regarding patient position during plasma metanephrine analysis for the exclusion of chromaffin tumours.
authors.affiliation: School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. v.chortis@bham.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Vasileios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chortis
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bancos
authors.forename: Rachel K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Crowley
authors.forename: Wiebke
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Arlt
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000379:methods*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008676:Metanephrine / Q000097:blood*; D009647:Normetanephrine / Q000097:blood*; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016683:Supine Position / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D009647:Normetanephrine; D008676:Metanephrine; D004298:Dopamine