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During a routine well-child examination, a 12-year-old girl reports that she has occasional headache, “racing heart,” abdominal pain, and dizziness. Her mother states that she has witnessed one of the episodes, which occurred during an outing at the mall, and reported the child to be pale and to have sweating as well. Other than some hypertension, she has a normal physical examination. Which of the following is an appropriate next step in the evaluation and management of this child?

ABreath into a paper sack should the symptoms return
BMeasurement of serum b-HCG levels
CDetermination of HbA1C levels
DMeasurement of urine vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) and homovanillic acid (HVA) and serum metanephrine levels
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