Addison's disease due to adrenal tuberculosis: Contrast-enhanced CT features and clinical duration correlation

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 126-131

  Guo, Ying Kun ^a   Yang, Zhi Gang ^a   Li, Yuan ^a   Ma, En Sen ^a   Deng, Yu Ping ^a   Min, Peng Qiu ^a   Yin, Long Lin ^a   Hu, Jian ^b   Zhang, Xiao Chun ^a   Chen, Tian Wu ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Addison's disease; Adrenal tuberculosis; CT

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION METHODS; DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADDISON'S DISEASE; ADRENAL TUBERCULOSIS; CT MORPHOLOGY;

DISEASES;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL TUBERCULOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, ENDOCRINE;

EID: 33947113715     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.11.025     Document Type: Article

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