Adrenal incidentalomas, 2003 to 2005: Experience after publication of the National Institutes of Health consensus statement

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 279-284

  Eldeiry, Leslie S ^a   Garber, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL INCIDENTALOMA; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INCIDENTAL FINDING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; ADULT; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48949099795     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP.14.3.279     Document Type: Article

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