Aberrant thymus in infants: Sonographic evaluation

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 987-989

  Koumanidou, Chris ^a,b   Vakaki, Marina ^a   Theophanopoulou, Maria ^a   Koutrouvelis, Helen ^a   Savvidou, Despina ^a   Pitsoulakis, George ^a   Kakavakis, Konstantin ^a  

^a AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS DISEASE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0031762588     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002470050516     Document Type: Article

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