Imaging of incidentally discovered adrenal masses

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 379-388

  Peppercorn, P D ^a   Grossman, A B ^a   Reznek, R H ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CANCER; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW;

EID: 0031807808     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.00475.x     Document Type: Review

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