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¹Klinik für Innere Medizin, Universitätsspital Basel.

Therapeutische Umschau. Revue Therapeutique

|April 27, 2013

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Adrenal incidentalomas (AI) are common, randomly found adrenal tumors. Billing and revenue in Switzerland depend on tumor type, not the incidental diagnosis, with ethical communication crucial.

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