Superior vena cava syndrome: A presenting feature of mediastinal germ cell tumor

Oman Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-133

  Roy, Mahua ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Rajat ^a   Pandit, Narayan ^a   Sengupta, Soumita ^a  

^a NORTH BENGAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BLEOMYCIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEART RATE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84866923453     PISSN: 1999768X     EISSN: 20705204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5001/omj.2010.35     Document Type: Article

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