Clinical and immunohistochemical study of eight cases with thymic carcinoma

BMC Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-6

  Tomita, Masaki ^a   Matsuzaki, Yasunori ^a   Edagawa, Masao ^a   Maeda, Masayuki ^a   Shimizu, Tetsuya ^a   Hara, Masaki ^a   Onitsuka, Toshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; KI 67 ANTIGEN; NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE KINASE A; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOMA; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABELING INDEX; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURE RED CELL ANEMIA; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER;

EID: 3343012083     PISSN: 14712482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-2-3     Document Type: Article

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