The right place at the wrong time: Historical perspective of the relation of the thymus gland and pediatric radiology

Radiology

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-16

  Todd Jacobs, M ^a   Frush, Donald P ^a   Donnelly, Lane F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

675.129; 675.134; History; Infants; Radiology and radiologists; Therapeutic radiology; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HISTORY; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY; THYMUS; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA;

CHILD; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; THYMUS GLAND; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA;

EID: 0032621833     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.210.1.r99ja4511     Document Type: Article

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