Microscopic thymoma

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 133-135

  Chalabreysse, Lara ^a   Orsini, Alessandro ^a   Vial, Christophe ^b   Tronc, François ^a  

^a LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Myasthenia gravis; Thymectomy; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MICROSCOPIC THYMOMA; MICROSCOPY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33847006955     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2006.137414     Document Type: Article

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