Invasive thymoma with long-term survival by extensive reoperation

Respiration

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 167-169

  Sakada, Takashi ^a   Sugio, Kenji ^a   Nishioka, Kenichi ^a   Tsukamoto, Shuichi ^a   Ushijima, Chie ^a   Yamazaki, Koji ^a   Okamoto, Tatsuro ^a   Kase, Shinichiro ^a   Koga, Takaomi ^a   Sugimachi, Keizo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Invasive thymoma; Recurrence; Reoperation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; THYMOMA;

EID: 0032957334     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029361     Document Type: Article

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