Imaging of thymic disorders

Cancer Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 139-149

  Bogot, Naama R ^a,b   Quint, Leslie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Imaging; Thymus

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM CYST; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; THYMOMA; THYMUS;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL CYST; THYMUS GLAND; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645237154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14707330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2005.0107     Document Type: Article

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