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normetanephrine

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normetanephrine /nor·meta·neph·rine/ (nor″met-ah-nef´rin) a metabolite of norepinephrine excreted in the urine and found in certain tissues.
nor·met·a·neph·rine (nôrmt--nfrn)
n.
A catabolite of norepinephrine found, together with metanephrine, in the urine and in some tissues.

normetanephrine [nor-met″ah-nef´rin]
metabolite of norepinephrine excreted in the urine and found in certain tissues.

normetanephrine
metabolite of norepinephrine excreted in the urine and found in certain tissues.


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49); and, * plasma normetanephrine was elevated at 5.
Subjects that met DSM-III criteria for a major depressive episode with melancholia, characterized by irrational fears, guilt, and apathy, exhibited significantly higher urinary outputs of normetanephrine than controls.
Biochemical evaluation should include a 24-hour urine collection for norepinephrine, epinephrine, metanephrines, normetanephrines, dopamine, and VMA, or plasma metanephrines and normetanephrines, which is expensive, but more sensitive, especially in patients who may harbor occult diagnoses of familial syndromes, such as multiple endocrine neoplasia Type 2, Von Hippel Lindau or familial paragangliomas.
 
 
 
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