Thoracoscopic thymectomy in a patient with pemphigus.
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The Collaborative Research (CORE) Group, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Correspondence to: Tristan D. Yan, MD, MS, PhD, FRACS. Professor of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Macquarie University Hospital, Sydney, Australia; The Collaborative Research (CORE) Group, Macquarie University, 2 Technology Place, Sydney, Australia. Email: [email protected].
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Annals of cardiothoracic surgery
دوره 4 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015