Thymic epithelial tumours in Iceland: Incidence and histopathology, a population-based study

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Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 927-933

  Mariusdottir, Elin ^a   Nikulasson, Sigfus ^a   Bjornsson, Johannes ^a   Gudbjartsson, Tomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Histology; Incidence; Surgical outcome; Thymoma; WHO classification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ICELAND; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STERNOTOMY; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; THYMOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78649500623     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2010.02686.x     Document Type: Article

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