Predictors of metabolic outcome after surgery for adrenal incidentaloma
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INTRODUCTION According to some authors, a higher incidence of subclinical hypercortisolemia is found among patients with bilateral benign adrenal tumors than in those with unilateral tumors. It is still unknown whether all patients with bilateral adrenal tumors and subclinical hypercortisolemia should undergo surgery, and, if so, which tumor should be removed first. OBJECTIVES The aim of the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Reviews Endocrinology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1759-5029,1759-5037
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2010.205