Catecholamine measurements in clinical medicine.
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Catecholamine measurements in clinical medicine.
There are 3 endogenous catecholamines, noradrenaline, adrenaline and dopamine. Noradrenaline is the neurotransmitter in sympathetic nerve endings, while the adrenal medulla secretes mainly adrenaline. The reason for this difference is that adrenaline synthesis from noradrenaline is catalyzed by an enzyme, phenylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase (PNMT), which is absolutely dependent on induction ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.59.694.479