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New guidelines for adrenal incidentalomas

Nature Reviews Endocrinology volume 12, pages 561–562 (2016)Cite this article

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Adrenal incidentalomas are masses found in the adrenal glands during examination for other indications. New guidelines from the European Society of Endocrinology in collaboration with the European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumors present evidence-based recommendations for the clinical management of these tumours following their detection in patients.

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Duh, QY. New guidelines for adrenal incidentalomas. Nat Rev Endocrinol 12, 561–562 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2016.148

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