Clinically inapparent adrenal mass (Incidentaloma or Adrenaloma)

Adrenal Glands: Diagnostic Aspects and Surgical Therapy

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 241-250

  Linos, Dimitrios ^a,b  

^a HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 78650170871     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-26861-8_24     Document Type: Chapter

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