Thymic carcinoma in children

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 224-227

  Yaris, Nilgün ^a   Nas, Yunus ^a   Cobanoglu, Umit ^a   Yavuz, Melek N ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childhood; Pediatric oncology; Rare tumors; Thymic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THYMUS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33745788794     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20468     Document Type: Article

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