Clinical and histopathological analysis of 66 cases with cardiac myxoma

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1743-1746

  Zheng, Jian Jie ^a   Geng, Xi Gang ^a   Wang, Hai Chen ^a   Yan, Yang ^a   Wang, Hong Yan ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cardiac myxoma; Clinical features; Histopathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880397579     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.3.1743     Document Type: Article

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