Mediastinal germ cell tumors

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 383-392

  Sandler, Alan ^a   Nichols, Craig ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Germ cell tumor; Mediastinum

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0030752648     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1009353     Document Type: Review

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