Adrenal incidentaloma: An important component of the clinical presentation spectrum of benign sporadic adrenal pheochromocytoma

Endocrinologist

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 77-80

  Kudva, Yogish C ^a   Young Jr , William F ^a   Thompson, Geoffrey B ^a   Grant, Clive S ^a   Van Heerden, Jon A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; METADRENALIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; REVIEW; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0032951047     PISSN: 10512144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019616-199903000-00002     Document Type: Review

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