Reflections about malignant pheochro-mocytoma: Personal experience, litterary review;Considerazioni sul feocromocitoma maligno. Esperienza personale, revisione della letteratura

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 413-418

  De Toma, G ^a   Letizia, C ^b   Cavallaro, G ^a   Giacchino, V ^a   Mosiello, G ^a   Cavallaro, A ^a   Basile, U ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Malignant pheochromocytoma

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; REVIEW;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA;

EID: 0141687188     PISSN: 0003469X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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