Therapeutic controversy: The role of laparoscopic surgery in adrenal disease

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3041-3049

  Wells, Samuel A ^a   Merke, Deborah P ^b   Cutler Jr , Gordon B ^b   Norton, Jeffrey A ^b   Lacroix, André ^b  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENALECTOMY; CANADA; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MYELOLIPOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMALS; CUSHING SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 0031796596     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.9.3041     Document Type: Review

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