From needles to numbers: Can noninvasive imaging distinguish benign and malignant adrenal lesions?

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-34

  Choyke, Peter L ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL TUMOR; CLASSIFICATION; GENERAL APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031611030     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003450050022     Document Type: Article

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