NEUROPEPTIDE Y IN PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMAS AND GANGLIONEUROBLASTOMAS

T. E. Adrian; G. Terenghi; M. J. Brown; J. M. Allen; A. J. Bacarese-Hamilton; J. M. Polak; S. R. Bloom

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(83)90570-6

NEUROPEPTIDE Y IN PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMAS AND GANGLIONEUROBLASTOMAS

T. E. Adrian
, G. Terenghi
, M. J. Brown
, J. M. Allen
, A. J. Bacarese-Hamilton
, J. M. Polak
, S. R. Bloom

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Abstract

Tumour tissue from nineteen patients with phaeochromocytomas and nine with ganglioneuroblastomas contained large numbers of neuropeptide Y (NPY) producing cells and extracts of these tumours had very high concentrations of immunoreactive NPY. Plasma NPY concentrations were also raised, averaging 460 pmol/l in patients with tumours of the sympathetic chain and 55 pmol/l in healthy controls. Since plasma NPY is straighforward to measure and relatively stable, its estimation may prove helpful as a screening test for phaeochromocytoma.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	540-542
Number of pages	3
Journal	The Lancet
Volume	322
Issue number	8349
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(83)90570-6
Publication status	Published - Sept 3 1983
Externally published	Yes

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