Is sonographic flow imaging useful in the differential diagnosis of adrenal masses?

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 69, Issue 827, 1996, Pages 1005-1008

  Ghiatas, A A ^a   Chopra, S ^a   Schnitker, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CANCER; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0029958192     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/0007-1285-69-827-1005     Document Type: Article

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