Bilateral Adrenal Hemorrhage in an Adult: Demonstration by Computed Tomography

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 247, Issue 12, 1982, Pages 1737-1739

  Albert, Stewart G ^a   Wolverson, Michael K ^a   Johnson, Frank E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENAL GLAND HYPOFUNCTION; AGE FACTORS; CASE REPORT; COSYNTROPIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMORRHAGE; HEMORRHAGIC DISORDERS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SUBPHRENIC ABSCESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0020042618     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1982.03320370051031     Document Type: Article

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