Does CT of thymic epithelial tumors enable us to differentiate histologic subtypes and predict prognosis?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 283-289

  Jeong, Yeon Joo ^a   Lee, Kyung Soo ^a   Kim, Jhingook ^a   Shim, Young Mok ^a   Han, Jungho ^a   Kwon, O Jung ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BODY FAT; CALCIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; METASTASIS; PLEURA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THYMIC EPITHELIAL TUMOR; THYMOCYTE; THYMOMA; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE TYPES; TUMOR NECROSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 3242804401     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.183.2.1830283     Document Type: Article

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