Thymic tuberculosis: A case report

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 87-90

  Simmers, T A ^a   Jie, C ^a   Sie, M C T B ^a  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case report; Thymus; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM MASS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STERNOTOMY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYMOMA; TUBERCULOSIS; X RAY PICTURE;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMOMA; THYMUS GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030795174     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-2977(97)00036-3     Document Type: Article

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