Thymoma: A pathological study of 50 cases

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 94-97

  Vaideeswar, Pradeep ^c   Padmanabhan, A ^a   Desphande, J R ^b   Pandit, S P ^c  

^a LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE AND GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b BYL NAIR CHARITABLE HOSPITAL   (India)

^c KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Marino Muller Hermelink classification; Masaoka's staging; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; POLYMYOSITIS; PURE RED CELL ANEMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THYMOMA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4043075007     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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