Ectopic thyroid in the anterior mediastinum;Tireoide ectópica no mediastino anterior

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 383-387

  Guimarães, Maria José Araújo da Cunha ^a   Valente, Carla Manuela Silva ^a   Santos, Lèlita ^a   Baganha, Manuel Fontes ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Goiter; Mediastinum; Thyroid dysgenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649547533     PISSN: 18063713     EISSN: 18063713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1806-37132009000400013     Document Type: Article

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