Thymic Carcinoma Presenting as Cardiac Tamponade [8]

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 212-213

  Yaqub, Abid ^a   Munn, Nancy J ^a   Wolfer, Rebecca S ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; THYMUS CANCER;

EID: 1242314236     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000105662.01648.6C     Document Type: Letter

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