Thymomectomy in early stage thymomas-case closed?

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Marlies Keijzers et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Jul.

. 2016 Jul;8(7):1440-2.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.05.39.

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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