Diagnosis and management of adrenal incidentalomas

Journal of Urology

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 398-407

  Barzon, Luisa ^a   Boscaro, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland neoplasms; Adrenal glands; Follow up studies; Radionuclide imaging

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ADRENAL SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERADRENOCORTICISM; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033971893     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)67888-3     Document Type: Review

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