Intrathoracic Extramedullary Hematopoiesis Arising in Marble Bone Disease: Clarifying the Genetic Disease Mechanism

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 311-314

  Shigemura, Norihisa ^a,b   Akashi, Akinori ^a   Nakagiri, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a Takarazuka Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b Takarazuka Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genetic mechanism; Intrathoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis; Marble bone disease; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ADULT; ALBERS SCHOENBERG DISEASE; BONE MARROW SCINTISCANNING; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRATHORACIC EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; MALE; THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX SCINTISCANNING; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; GENETICS; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; HEMATOPOIESIS, EXTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; OSTEOPETROSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036632008     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03032303     Document Type: Conference Paper

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