Asymptomatic Adrenal Tumor; 386 Cases in Japan Including Our 7 Cases

Endocrinologia Japonica

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1990, Pages 671-684

  Yamakita, Noriyoshi ^a   Saitoh, Masayuki ^a,b   Mercado Asis, Leilani Basa ^a   Kitada, Masahisa ^a,b   Morita, Hiroyuki ^a   Yasuda, Keigo ^a   Miura, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Matsunami General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CYST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOLIPOMA; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0025615461     PISSN: 00137219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj1954.37.671     Document Type: Article

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