Surgical Treatment of Thymic Epithelial Neoplasms

Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 475-488

  Kaiser, Larry R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS CANCER; TUMOR BIOPSY;

HUMANS; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 44249126749     PISSN: 08898588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hoc.2008.03.009     Document Type: Review

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