Endocrine incidentalomas

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1423-1431

  Shirodkar, M ^a,b   Jabbour, S A ^b  

^a Thomas Jefferson University ^*  (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; EPLERENONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; LEVOTHYROXINE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; SEX HORMONE; SPIRONOLACTONE; THIAMAZOLE; THYROTROPIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ADRENAL INCIDENTALOMA; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPOPITUITARISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTINOMA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ULTRASOUND;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOCRINE GLAND NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTORS; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 49349088899     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2008.01831.x     Document Type: Review

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