Massive true thymic hyperplasia

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 331-333

  Woywodt, A ^a   Verhaart, S ^a   Kiss, Akos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Atypic location; True thymic hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA;

EID: 0032705695     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1072275     Document Type: Article

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