Does primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma really exist? [6]

Chest

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 313-

  Rossi, Giulio ^a   Valli, Riccardo ^a   Rivasi, Francesco ^a   Longo, Lucia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Faenza   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN;

CHORIOCARCINOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0037246015     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.1.313     Document Type: Letter

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