The significance of ipsilateral adrenalectomy at surgery for renal cell carcinoma

Japanese Journal of Urology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 592-596

  Komai, Yoshinobu ^a   Fujuii, Yasuhisa ^a   Kijima, Toshiki ^a   Suyama, Taisuke ^a   Okubo, Yuhei ^a   Yamamoto, Shinya ^a   Yonese, Junji ^a   Fukui, Iwao ^a  

^a CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal involvement ipsilateral; Renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953157540     PISSN: 00215287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5980/jpnjurol.101.592     Document Type: Article

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