Mediastinal lymphangioma: Mayo Clinic experience of 25 cases

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1197-1203

  Park, John G ^a   Aubry, Marie Christine ^a   Godfrey, John A ^a,b   Midthun, David E ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b Godfrey Godfrey and Eklund   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPHANGIOMA; MALE; MEDIASTINAL LYMPHANGIOMA; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 33748198329     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/81.9.1197     Document Type: Article

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