Extrathymic malignancies in thymoma patients with and without myasthenia gravis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 290, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 66-69

  Owe, Jone Furlund ^a,b   Cvancarova, Milada ^c   Romi, Fredrik ^b   Gilhus, Nils Erik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Cancer Registry of Norway ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Extrathymic malignancy; Myasthenia gravis; Oncogenesis; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EXTRATHYMIC MALIGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOMA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; THYMOMA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 74849093085     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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