Diagnosis, staging, and clinical characteristics of the patient with mediastinal germ cell carcinoma

Chest Surgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 665-672

  Hainsworth, John D ^a  

^a SARAH CANNON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; METASTASIS; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMINOMA;

EID: 0036854840     PISSN: 10523359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1052-3359(02)00031-5     Document Type: Review

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