The frequency of ectopic thymic tissue in the necks of patients without any thymic disease

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Tabatabaie, Seid Abbas ^a   Hashemi, Seid Mozafar ^a   Sanei, Behnam ^b   Sanei, Mohammad Hossein ^a,c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b University of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

^c Medical Science   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ectopic thymus tissue; Neck

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN ANTIBODY; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NECK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; THYMUS; THYMUS DISEASE; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEA;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 34249809427     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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