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. 1996 Sep;74(6):991–992. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1996.474

Gonadal atrophy as a cause of thymic hyperplasia after chemotherapy.

P Sperandio, P Tomio, R T Oliver, M V Fiorentino, F Pagano
PMCID: PMC2074726  PMID: 8826874

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