Thymectomy for paraneoplastic stiff-person syndrome associated with invasive thymoma.
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2006;132:196-197 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Tsukioka and Shigefumi Suehiro Takashi Iwata, Kiyotoshi Inoue, Shinjiro Mizuguchi, Ryuhei Morita, Takuma thymoma Thymectomy for paraneoplastic stiff-person syndrome associated with invasive http://jtcs.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/132/1/196 located on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and services, is
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
دوره 132 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006