Infant ectopic cervical thymus in submandibular region

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 186-189

  He, Y ^a   Zhang, Z Y ^a   Zhu, H G ^a   Guo, W ^a   Wang, L Z ^a  

^a SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC ORGAN; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MANDIBLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMUS; THYMUS DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIGENS, CD20; ANTIGENS, CD43; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; CHORISTOMA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; KERATINS; LYMPHOCYTES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND DISEASES; THYMUS GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38949161917     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2007.08.466     Document Type: Article

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