Development and validation of pheochromocytoma of the adrenal gland scaled score for predicting malignant pheochromocytomas

Urology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 282-286

  Gao, Baohua ^a,b   Meng, Fanwei ^a   Bian, Wei ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Zhao, Haifeng ^a   Ma, Gang ^a   Shi, Benkang ^a   Zhang, Jianping ^a   Liu, Yuqiang ^a   Xu, Zhishun ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG FIRST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CANCER; ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA OF THE ADRENAL GLAND SCALED SCORE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 33746801599     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2006.02.019     Document Type: Article

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