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№1' 2003

SURGERY

International Medical Journal, Vol. 9., Iss. 1, 2003, P. 86−92.

THE OPINIONS ABOUT SOME DISPUTABLE PROBLEMS OF ETIOPATHOGENESIS AND CLASSIFICATION OF ORGAN-SPECIFIC NEOPLASMS ON THE THYMUS

Kharkiv Medical Academy of Post−graduate Education, Kharkiv, Ukraine

The author presents modern ideas about the classification and definitions of various tumors and tumor−like formations of the thymus with the account of their morphological, genetic, immunological, hormonal indices. The factors providing tumor process development in the thymus are described.