Adrenal radiology: Distinguishing benign from malignant adrenal masses

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 861-867

  Dunnick, N Reed ^a   Korobkin, Melvyn ^a   Francis, Isaac ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029785203     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.167.4.8819372     Document Type: Review

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