How accurate is computed tomography in predicting the real size of adrenal tumors? A retrospective study

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 740-743

  Linos, Dimitrios A ^a,b   Stylopoulos, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0030745345     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1997.01430310054009     Document Type: Article

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