Figures & data
Table I. Signs and symptoms in subjects with familial and sporadic pheochromocytoma.
Table II. Main clinical features of syndromes associated with pheochromocytoma and functional paraganglioma.
Table III. Hereditary pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma: facts and figures.
Table IV. Sensitivity and specificity of biochemical tests for diagnosis of pheochromocytoma.
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