DNA ploidy in thymoma and associated multiple primary malignancies in the same patient

Acta Clinica Croatica

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 155-159

  Šitić, Sanda ^a   Mirt Dabić, Mirela ^b   Brčić, Luka ^c   Juroš, Zrinka ^d   Hutinec, Zdenka ^b   Krušlin, Božo ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d University Hospital for Lung Diseases Jordanovac   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Case report; DNA neoplasms analysis; Thymoma diagnosis; Thymoma pathology; Thymus neoplasms diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COLON CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG METASTASIS; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PLOIDY; PRIMARY TUMOR; RECTUM CARCINOMA; THYMOMA;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PLOIDIES; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58149379947     PISSN: 03539466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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