Noninvasive thymoma in the middle mediastinum

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2209-2210

  Kanzaki, Masato ^a   Oyama, Kunihiro ^a   Ikeda, Toyohide ^a   Yoshida, Tamami ^a   Murasugi, Masahide ^a   Onuki, Takamasa ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THYMOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2542418842     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01392-4     Document Type: Article

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