Superior mediastinal syndrome in an infant caused by mediastinal teratoma: Case report

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Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 462-464

  Roganovic, Jelena ^a,b  

^a KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant; Superior mediastinal syndrome; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SUPERIOR MEDIASTINAL SYNDROME; TERATOMA; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 33845260564     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160609200520     Document Type: Article

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