Clinical Study of Adrenal Incidentaloma in Korea
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Clinical Study of Adrenal Incidentaloma in Korea
BACKGROUND This study was designed to evaluate the clinical, endocrinological and histological characteristics of adrenal incidentalomas. METHODS Eighty patients (41, males; 38, females; age range 17-80 years) who were diagnosed with adrenal incidentaloma at Korea University Hospital from 1992 to 2003 were studied retrospectively. RESULTS Endocrinological investigation revealed 16 pheochrom...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1226-3303,2005-6648
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2005.20.4.303