Telomerase activity in the differentiation of benign and malignant adrenal tumors

Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1123-1127

  Teng, L ^a   Tucker, O ^a   Malchoff, C ^a   Vaughan E D , Jr ^a   Jacobson, J ^a   Fahey III, T J ^a   Thompson, N W ^a   Norton, J A ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031731439     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/msy.1998.92172     Document Type: Article

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