Clinicopathological Features and Pathogenesis of Thymoma Complicated with Alopecia Areata: A Multicenter, Matched Case Analysis

    August 2025 in “ Cancers ”
    Xin Du, Xuehan Gao, Jian Cui … Shanqing Li
    Studysummary This article hypothesizes that thymoma with aplastic anemia may result from abnormal autoimmune CD8<sup>+</sup> T lymphocytes produced by the thymoma, potentially leading to other cytotoxic T-cell-mediated autoimmune diseases.
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