Pathology of thymic tumors

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 2-11

  Hasserjian, Robert P ^a   Ströbel, Philip ^b   Marx, Alexander ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lymphoma; Mediastinum; Pathology; Thymoma; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; EPITHELIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOBLASTOMA; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURVIVAL RATE; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER; THYMUS LYMPHOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 17144409384     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2004.12.002     Document Type: Review

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