Clinicopathological analysis of 21 thymic neuroendocrine tumors

Korean Journal of Pathology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 221-225

  Ahn, Soomin ^a   Lee, Jae Jun ^a   Ha, Sang Yun ^a   Sung, Chang Ohk ^a,b   Kim, Jhingook ^a   Han, Joungho ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carcinoid tumor; Carcinoma; Neuroendocrine; Thymus gland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867852818     PISSN: 17381843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4132/KoreanJPathol.2012.46.3.221     Document Type: Article

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