Thymus alterations and systemic sclerosis

Rheumatology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-75

  Ferri, C ^a   Colaci, M ^a   Battolla, L ^b   Giuggioli, D ^a   Sebastiani, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Scleroderma; Systemic sclerosis; Thymus; Thymus hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

NEOSTIGMINE; PREDNISOLONE; SCL 70 ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS DISEASE; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; THYMUS GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 29844453906     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kei101     Document Type: Article

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