Primary Non-functioning Tumours of the Adrenal Cortex: An Eight-Year Experience in Turkey

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 275-278

  Aydintuǧ, Semih ^a   Koçak, Savaş ^a,b   Eraslan, Şadan ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TUSSO Sit ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Diagnosis; Follow up; Hormonal evaluation; Imaging; Surgery; Treatment; Tumour

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICAL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TURKEY;

EID: 1542635292     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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