Corpuscular thymoma: Entity or variant of organotypical thymomas WHO B2/B3?

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 202, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 697-704

  Hubert Laeng, R ^a   Eimoto, Tadaaki ^b   Kuo, T T ^c   Zettl, A ^d   Marx, A ^d   Moschopulos, Michael ^a   Tateyama, Hisashi ^b   Shimokawa, Kuniyasu ^e  

^a Departments of Pathology   (Switzerland)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Cyst formation; Hassall's corpuscles; Thymic carcinoma; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOPSY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RELAPSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOMA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 33748644724     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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