Differentiation of adrenal adenomas from nonadenomas using CT attenuation values

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 531-536

  Korobkin, Melvyn ^a   Brodeur, Frederick J ^a   Yutzy, Gerald G ^b   Francis, Isaac R ^a   Quint, Leslie E ^a   Dunnick, N Reed ^a   Kazerooni, Ella A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0030059558     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.166.3.8623622     Document Type: Article

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