Thymoma: Inter-relationships among World Health Organization histology, Masaoka staging and myasthenia gravis and their independent prognostic significance: A single-centre experience

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 146-153

  Ruffini, Enrico ^a   Filosso, Pier Luigi ^a   Mossetti, Claudio ^a   Bruna, Maria Cristina ^a   Novero, Domenico ^a   Lista, Patrizia ^a   Casadio, Caterina ^b   Oliaro, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Myasthenia gravis; Pathology; Staging; Surgery; Thymoma; WHO

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASAOKA STAGE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT CARE; PERICARDIUM; PLEURA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYMOMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958019220     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.09.042     Document Type: Article

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