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Catecholamines - urine

Alternative Names: Dopamine-urine test; Epinephrine-urine test; Adrenalin-urine test; Vanillylmandelic acid (VMA); Urine metanephrine; Normetanephrine; Norepinephrine-urine test; Urine catecholamines; VMA; HVA; Metanephrine; Homovanillic acid (HVA) Normal Values: VMA: 2 to 7 mg/24-hours epinephrine: 0.5 to 20 mcg/24-hours norepinephrine: 15 to 80 mcg/24-hours dopamine: 65 to 400 mcg/24-hours metanephrine: 24 to 96 mcg/24-hours (some laboratories give the range as 140 to 785 mcg/24-hours) normetanephrine: 75 to 375 mcg/24-hours total urine catecholamines: 14 to 110 mcg/24-hours Note: mg/hour = milligrams per hour; mcg/hour = micrograms per hour. What abnormal results mean: Text Continues Below Elevated levels of urinary catecholamines may indicate: acute anxiety ganglioblastoma (very rare) ganglioneuroma (very rare) neuroblastoma (rare) pheochromocytoma (rare) severe stress Additional conditions under which the test may be performed: multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) II References: The Neuroblastoma Hope Foundation. Diagnostic Criteria.Available at: http://www.acor.org/nbl/diagnost.htm. Accessed May 17, 2005. Wilson SP, Kamin DL, Feldman JM. Acetaminophen administration interferes with urinary metanephrine (and catecholamine) determinations. Clin Chem. 1985;31(6):1093-4.

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