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Editorial
. 2019 Dec;8(Suppl 4):S321-S322.
doi: 10.21037/tlcr.2019.11.21.

The characteristics and prognostic role of thymic epithelial tumors with paraneoplastic autoimmune syndromes

Kyoji Hirai  1 , Jitsuo Usuda  2
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Editorial

The characteristics and prognostic role of thymic epithelial tumors with paraneoplastic autoimmune syndromes

Kyoji Hirai et al. Transl Lung Cancer Res. 2019 Dec.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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