Detection of adrenal and retroperitoneal masses in a general health examination system

Urology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 572-576

  Masumori, Naoya ^a   Adachi, Hideki ^b   Noda, Yasuko ^b   Tsukamoto, Taiji ^b  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ULTRASOUND;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032189495     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(98)00277-5     Document Type: Article

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