Cancer-associated retinopathy caused by benign thymoma
Cancer-associated retinopathy caused by benign thymoma
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BMA House, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9JR: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
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English
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BMA House, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9JR: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
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Previous in vivo and in vitro studies have demonstrated reactivity between different cancers and the retina. 1 2 Because the thymus is an organ where self-reactive T cells are deleted by negative selection mechanism, thymic medullary epithelial cells produce promiscuous tissue peripheral antigens, including recoverin. 3 Such recoverin-producing cel...
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Cancer-associated retinopathy caused by benign thymoma
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3487380
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3487380
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0007-1161
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1468-2079
DOI
10.1136/bjo.2008.151563
