Small tumor size as favorable prognostic factor after adrenalectomy in Conn's adenoma

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 639-646

  Giacchetti, Gilberta ^a   Ronconi, Vanessa ^a   Rilli, Silvia ^a   Guerrieri, Mario ^b   Turchi, Federica ^a   Boscaro, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN; ELECTROLYTE; MINERALOCORTICOID ANTAGONIST; POTASSIUM; RENIN;

ADENOMA; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ALDOSTERONE PRODUCING ADENOMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; AGED; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; AGED; ALDOSTERONE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LAPAROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64549138959     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-08-0902     Document Type: Article

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