Thymomas in childhood: 11 cases from a single institution

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 601-605

  Yalçin, Bilgehan ^a   Demir, Haci Ahmet ^a   Çiftçi, Arbay Özden ^a   Orhan, Diclehan ^a   Varan, Ali ^a   Akyüz, Canan ^a   Kutluk, Tezer ^a   Büyükpamukçu, Münevver ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

children; invasive; malignant; thymoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPER IGE SYNDROME; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INFANT; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMOMA; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TURKEY;

EID: 84868670905     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31825808e9     Document Type: Article

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