Thymoma and myotonic dystrophy: Successful treatment with chemotherapy and radiation: Case report and review of the literature

Chest

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2061-2063

  Kudva, Ganesh C ^a,b   Maliekel, Kochurani ^a,c   Kim, Han J ^a   Naunheim, Keith S ^a,d   Stolar, Cary ^a   Fletcher, James W ^a,e   Puri, Sanjeev ^a,b  

^a Saint Louis Univ Hlth Sci Center ^*  (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Hematology   (United States)

^d Division of Thoracic Surgery   (United States)

^e Division of Laboratory Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Myotonic dystrophy; Positron emission tomography; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

AMIFOSTINE; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOXORUBICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036286240     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.6.2061     Document Type: Article

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