Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2011; 136(11): 537-540
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1274538
Aktuelle Diagnostik und Therapie | Review article
Endokrinologie, Hypertensiologie
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Diagnostik einer endokrinen Hypertonie: Wann screenen, und mit welchem Test?

Diagnosis of endocrinological hypertension: when to screen, and by which method?E. Fischer1 , F. Beuschlein1 , M. Reincke1
  • 1Medizinische Klinik Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München
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Publication History

eingereicht: 17.11.2010

akzeptiert: 17.2.2011

Publication Date:
08 March 2011 (online)

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Prof. Dr. Martin Reincke

Medizinische Klinik – Innenstadt
Klinikum der Universität München

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