Thymoma associated with pure red cell aplasia and Kaposi's sarcoma;Association thymome, érythroblastopénie et sarcome de Kaposi

Revue des Maladies Respiratoires

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-82

  Ketata, W ^a   Fouzi, S ^a   Msaad, S ^a   Ben Amira, S ^a   Yangui, I ^a   Ayoub, A ^a  

^a HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Kaposi's sarcoma; Pure red cell palsia; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ERYTHROCYTE APLASIA; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; THYMOMA;

EID: 60749134147     PISSN: 07618425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0761-8425(09)70139-1     Document Type: Article

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