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==Other Diagnostic Studies==
==Other Diagnostic Studies==
*[[Clonidine#Clonidine suppression test|Clonidine suppression test]] may be used to diagnose pheochromocytoma.<ref name="pmid26335433">{{cite journal| author=Goupil R, Fountoulakis S, Gordon RD, Stowasser M| title=Urinary clonidine suppression testing for the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma. | journal=J Hypertens | year= 2015 | volume= 33 | issue= 11 | pages= 2286-93 | pmid=26335433 | doi=10.1097/HJH.0000000000000705 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=26335433  }}</ref>
*[[Clonidine#Clonidine suppression test|Clonidine suppression test]] may be used to diagnose pheochromocytoma.<ref name="pmid26335433">{{cite journal| author=Goupil R, Fountoulakis S, Gordon RD, Stowasser M| title=Urinary clonidine suppression testing for the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma. | journal=J Hypertens | year= 2015 | volume= 33 | issue= 11 | pages= 2286-93 | pmid=26335433 | doi=10.1097/HJH.0000000000000705 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=26335433  }}</ref>
*[[Clonidine]] is a centrally-acting [[Alpha-2 receptor|alpha-2 agonist]] used to treat high blood pressure.
*[[Clonidine]] is a centrally-acting [[Alpha-2 receptor|alpha-2 agonist]] used to treat high [[blood pressure]].
*[[Clonidine]] mimics catecholamines in the brain and reduces the activity of the [[sympathetic nerves]] controlling the adrenal medulla.
*[[Clonidine]] mimics [[catecholamines]] in the [[brain]] and reduces the activity of the [[sympathetic nerves]] controlling the [[adrenal medulla]].
*Healthy [[adrenal medulla]] will respond to the [[Clonidine]] suppression test by reducing [[catecholamine]] production.
*Healthy [[adrenal medulla]] will respond to the [[clonidine]] suppression test by reducing [[catecholamine]] production.
*Lack of a response is evidence of pheochromocytoma.
*Lack of a response (no reduction in [[catecholamine]] levels after test) is evidence of pheochromocytoma.
==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist|2}}


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  1. Goupil R, Fountoulakis S, Gordon RD, Stowasser M (2015). "Urinary clonidine suppression testing for the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma". J Hypertens. 33 (11): 2286–93. doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000000705. PMID 26335433.