Thymectomy in myasthenia gravis - The status quo;Thymektomie bei myasthenia gravis - Eine standortanalyse

Chirurg

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1345-1351

  Schulze, W ^a   Laczkovics, A ^a   Richter, J ^a   Sindern, E ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Myasthenia gravis; Postoperative chemoradiotherapy; Prognostic factors; Thymoma; Transsternal thymectomy

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032234817     PISSN: 00094722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001040050582     Document Type: Article

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