Long-term follow-up study of patients with adrenal incidentalomas.

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Published in Eur J Endocrinol on October 01, 2002

Authors

Rossella Libè1, Chiara Dall'Asta, Laura Barbetta, Andrea Baccarelli, Paolo Beck-Peccoz, Bruno Ambrosi

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Endocrine Sciences, University of Milan, Ospedale Maggiore IRCCS, Milan, Italy.

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