Management of incidentally discovered adrenal masses

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-14

  Murai, Masaru ^a   Baba, Shiro ^a   Nakashima, Jun ^a   Tachibana, Masaaki ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033071220     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003450050098     Document Type: Article

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