Thymic carcinoid combined with myasthenia gravis

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 584-585

  Wu, Ming Ho ^a   Tseng, Yau Lin ^a   Cheng, Fen Fen ^a   Lin, Thy Sheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDROPHONIUM CHLORIDE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG RESECTION; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PERICARDIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS CANCER; THYMUS CARCINOID;

EID: 0842282911     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.07.044     Document Type: Article

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