Association of a wide invasive malignant thymoma with myastenia gravis and primary hyperparathyroidism due to parathyroid adenoma: Case report and review of the literature

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 377-385

  Triggiani, Vincenzo ^a,b   Guastamacchia, Edoardo ^a   Lolli, Ivan ^a   Troccoli, Giuseppe ^a   Resta, Francesco ^a   Sabbà, Carlo ^a   Ruggieri, Nadia ^a   Tafaro, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; THYMOMA; ULTRASOUND;

ADENOMA; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, PRIMARY; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746801114     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: 15322513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08923970600809587     Document Type: Article

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