A B3 type-thymoma in a 7-year-old child with myasthenia gravis

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 937-938

  Iorio, Raffaele ^a   Evoli, Amelia ^a   Lauriola, Libero ^a   Batocchi, Anna Paola ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; EDROPHONIUM CHLORIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; OCTREOTIDE; PREDNISONE;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA;

EID: 84862145244     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31824cbb18     Document Type: Article

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