Recent advances in the management of adrenal incidentalomas

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 190-194

  Adler, Michael L ^a   Robbins, Richard J ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; METADRENALIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; VANILMANDELIC ACID;

ADRENAL CANCER; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL TUMOR; ALGORITHM; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GANGLIONEUROMA; HUMAN; MYELOLIPOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032126852     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-2760(98)00040-X     Document Type: Review

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