A 20-year-old male with thoracic pain and a lower thoracic mass

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 740-743

  de Jong, W K ^a   van der Graaf, W T A ^a   van der Jagt, E J ^a   Klinkenberg, T J ^a   Groen, H J M ^a   Timens, W ^a   Douma, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; THORAX TUMOR;

ADULT; CHEST PAIN; FIBROMATOSIS, AGGRESSIVE; HUMANS; MALE; THORACIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 26844554541     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.05.00051605     Document Type: Article

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