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Kyriakos Anastasiadis · Chandi Ratnatunga (Eds.)
The Thymus Gland
Kyriakos Anastasiadis · Chandi Ratnatunga (Eds.)
The Thymus Gland
Diagnosis and Surgical Management
With 61 Figures and 20 Tables
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Kyriakos Anastasiadis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Cardiothoracic Department
AHEPA Hospital
Thessaloniki
Greece
E-mail: anastasiadisk@hotmail.com
Chandi Ratnatunga
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
John Radcliffe Hospital
Oxford OX3 9DU
United Kingdom
E-mail: alison.horner@orh.nhs.uk
ISBN
978-3-540-33425-5
Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York
Library of Congress Control Number: 2006934461
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Editor: Gabriele M. Schröder, Heidelberg, Germany
Desk Editor: Stephanie Benko, Heidelberg, Germany
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Preface
“Ε�½ οίδα ότι ουδέ�½ οίδα…”
This saying by the Greek philosopher Socrates means:
“What I know is that I know nothing”, which is fitting to
the thymus gland because the more you deal with it the
more you believe you know very little about it.
Our aim was to write a book on the thymus gland that
would familiarize the reader with the gland and provide,
as a readily accessible guide, the background of know-
ledge necessary to follow the updates and controversies
in the field. Although we tried to clear up various con-
troversies about the thymus, there are still many left un-
solved. That is why we believe readers will agree with the
above-mentioned quote by Socrates.
We want to thank the coauthors for their contribution
to the manuscript, as well as our secretaries, Mrs. Alison
Horner and Mrs. Athina Tzili, for their various contribu-
tions. We also want to thank Mrs. Stephanie Benko, the
book’s Springer supervisor, for her patience and for the
excellent job she did throughout the project.
K. Anastasiadis
C. Ratnatunga

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