Comparison of two algorithms and their associated charges when evaluating adrenal masses in patients with malignancies

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1575-1578

  Schwarte, Lawrence H ^a   Panicek, David M ^a,b   V doyle, Molly ^a,b   Ginsberg, Michelle S ^a   Herman, Seank ^a,b   Koutcher, Jason A ^a,b   Brown, Karen T ^a,b   Getrajdman, George I ^a,b   Burt, Michael ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REIMBURSEMENT;

EID: 0031009109     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.168.6.9168729     Document Type: Article

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