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

Kyoji Hirai, Jitsuo Usuda

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Thymic epithelial tumors (TETs) are generally categorized as those that originate from thymic epithelial cells (thymoma and thymic carcinoma) and those that originate from neuroendocrine cells (thymic carcinoid, germ-cell tumor, and thymic cyst).

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Thymic epithelial tumors (TETs) are generally categorized as those that originate from thymic epithelial cells (thymoma and thymic carcinoma) and those that originate from neuroendocrine cells (thymic carcinoid, germ-cell tumor, and thymic cyst).

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Thymic epithelial tumors (TETs) are generally categorized as those that originate from thymic epithelial cells (thymoma and thymic carcinoma) and those that originate from neuroendocrine cells (thymic carcinoid, germ-cell tumor, and thymic cyst).

Key concepts: Thymoma, Thymic carcinoma, Medicine, Thymus Neoplasm, Pathology, Myasthenia gravis, Immunology

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