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Early diagnosis with targeted medical and\/or surgical intervention is important to prevent irreversible end-organ damage. An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline was used to define audit standards against which to assess current United Kingdom (UK) laboratory practice.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A survey comprising 22 questions, which captured information on screening, confirmatory testing and adrenal vein sampling (AVS), was distributed to all UK Clinical Biochemistry laboratories by the Association for Laboratory Medicine. 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