The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 2 , Pages e1-e2 , February 2010

Thymic carcinoma associated with Sjögren's syndrome and syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone

  • Chin-Chih Chang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yih-Leong Chang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yung-Chie Lee, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Yung-Chie Lee, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Rd, Taipei 100, Taiwan.

Received 7 April 2008 ,Revised 24 April 2008 ,Accepted 6 May 2008.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(08)01146-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.05.044

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 2 , Pages e1-e2 , February 2010

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