Thymoma, thymic hyperplasia, thymectomy and autoimmune diseases (Review)

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 939-943

  Sherer, Yaniv ^b   Bar Dayan, Yaron ^b   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

autoimmunity; myasthenia gravis; T cells; thymectomy; thymic hyperplasia; thymoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA;

EID: 0030914189     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.10.5.939     Document Type: Article

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