Pure red cell aplasia with malignant thymoma: A rarity

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 553-554

  Jain, Deepali ^a   Varma, Neelam ^a   Vaiphei, Kim ^a   Varma, S ^a   Dhaliwal, R S ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Malignant thymoma; Pure red cell aplasia

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PURE RED CELL ANEMIA; REMISSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; RED-CELL APLASIA, PURE; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33845664867     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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