Acquired agranulocytosis and factor XI deficiency in association with thymoma

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Jethava, Yogesh ^a   Alamelu, Jayanthi ^a   Rangarajan, Savita ^a   Lang Lazdunski, Loic ^a   Van Der Walt, Jon ^a   Fields, Paul ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 11 DEFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX SURGERY; THYMOMA;

AGRANULOCYTOSIS; FACTOR XI DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79960227253     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2010.34.3707     Document Type: Article

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