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Urinary Amines after Adrenalectomy

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USING chromatographic methods outlined previously1–3 we have investigated the excretion of phenolic amines by subjects after periods varying from a few days to several years following bilateral adrenalectomy, since several of the amines identified in human urine1 seemed to be of interest in this condition.

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COWARD, R., SMITH, P., WILSON, O. et al. Urinary Amines after Adrenalectomy. Nature 193, 1295–1296 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1931295a0

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