Diagnosis and treatment of adrenal tumours: A review of 35 years' experience

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-205

  Xiao, X R ^a  

^a General Hospital Ofpla   (China)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Diagnosis; Treatment; Tumour

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYMPTOM; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031855153     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1998.00726.x     Document Type: Article

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