Anterior Mediastinal Mass in a Patient With Graves' Disease

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1904-1906

  Yamanaka, Kazuki ^a   Nakayama, Haruhiko ^a   Watanabe, Katsuya ^a   Kameda, Yoichi ^a  

^a KANAGAWA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; THIAMAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDIASTINUM MASS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HYPERPLASIA; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; THYMUS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; THYMUS GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646839244     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.07.081     Document Type: Article

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