Extended cervicomediastinal thymectomy in the integrated management of myasthenia gravis

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 226, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 324-335

  Bulkley, Gregory B ^a,b,c,d   Bass, Kirsten N ^a   Robert Stephenson, G ^b   Diener West, Marie ^c   George, Simeon ^a   Reilly, Patrick A ^c   Robinson Baker, R ^a,b   Drachman, Daniel B ^a,b,c  

^a Departments of Surgery   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031419113     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199709000-00012     Document Type: Article

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