Involution and neoplasms of the thymus

In Vivo

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 189-198

  Kaiser, Hans E ^a,b,c   Krenn, Michaela ^b   Bodey Jr , Bela ^d   Bodey, Bela ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c International Institute of Anticancer Research   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Involution; Myasthenia gravis; Paraneoplastic disorders; Regression; Spontaneous regression; Thymic carcinoma; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; EXCISION; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; INVOLUTION; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; ONTOGENY; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS; THYMUS CANCER; TUMOR PROMOTION; TUMOR REGRESSION;

EID: 0034108715     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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