Media type: E-Book Title: The Thymus Gland : Diagnosis and Surgical Management Contains: CONTENTS; Synopsis; Introduction; Chapter 1 Anatomy; Chapter 2 Changes with Aging; Chapter 3 Physiology; Chapter 4 Thymic Diseases; Chapter 5 Myasthenia Gravis; Chapter 6 Thymus and Thymoma in Myasthenia Gravis Patients; Chapter 7 Surgical Pathology; Chapter 8 Radiology; Chapter 9 Thymectomy; Chapter 10 Perioperative Management for Thymectomy; Chapter 11 Systemic Treatment of Thymoma; Chapter 12 Radiotherapy in the Management of Thymoma; Chapter 13 Overview of Thymic Surgery and Prospective Strategy for Thymic Diseases; Subject Index; Contributor: Anastasiadis, Kyriakos [Other]; Ratnatunga, Chandi [Other] imprint: Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006 Published in: SpringerLink ; Bücher Extent: Online-Ressource (IX, 112 p. 61 illus, digital) Language: English DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-33426-2 ISBN: 9783540334262 Identifier: RVK notation: YC 4223 : Operationen, traumatische Krankheiten Keywords: Thymus Thymom Thymektomie Thymus Thymom Thymektomie Origination: Footnote: Description based upon print version of record Description: Provides a concise review of the thymus gland for both the surgeon and the physician