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11C-metomidate PET-CT scanning can identify aldosterone-producing adenomas after unsuccessful lateralisation with CT/MRI and adrenal venous sampling

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  1. Neuroendocrine Tumour Group, University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, UK

    J Ouyang & D J Cuthbertson

  2. Department of General Surgery, University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, UK

    R Hardy

  3. William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University London, London, UK

    M Brown

  4. Liverpool Clinical Laboratories, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK

    T Helliwell

  5. Metabolic Research Laboratories, Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    M Gurnell

  6. National Institute for Health Research, Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK

    M Gurnell

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Ouyang, J., Hardy, R., Brown, M. et al. 11C-metomidate PET-CT scanning can identify aldosterone-producing adenomas after unsuccessful lateralisation with CT/MRI and adrenal venous sampling. J Hum Hypertens 31, 483–484 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2017.9

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