What is the role of ultrasonography in the follow-up of adrenal incidentalomas?

Urology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 612-616

  Fontana, Dario ^a   Porpiglia, Francesco ^a   Destefanis, Paolo ^a   Fiori, Cristian ^a   Alì, Anna ^a   Terzolo, Massimo ^a   Osella, Giangiacomo ^a   Angeli, Alberto ^a  

^a SAN LUIGI GONZAGA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032838823     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(99)00226-5     Document Type: Article

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