Evaluation of hormonal function in a series of incidentally discovered adrenal masses

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 107-113

  Bondanelli, Marta ^a   Campo, Michela ^a   Trasforini, Giorgio ^a   Ambrosio, Maria Rosaria ^a   Zatelli, Maria Chiara ^a   Franceschetti, Paola ^a   Valentini, Alberto ^a   Pansini, Raffaele ^a   Degli Uberti, Ettore Ciro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; CUSHING DISEASE; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LYMPHANGIOMATOSIS; MALE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SCINTIGRAPHY; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0031026923     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(97)90176-1     Document Type: Article

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