Incidentalomas of the parathyroid gland: Multiple presentations, variable function, and review of the literature

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 363-369

  Shroff, Paulomi ^a   McGrath, Glenn A ^a   Pezzi, Christopher M ^a  

^a ABINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; AGED; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADENOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROIDECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750734243     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP.11.6.363     Document Type: Article

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