Concomitant polymyositis and myasthenia gravis reveal malignant thymoma. A case report and review of the literature

Annales de Medecine Interne

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 370-373

  Raschilas, Frank ^a   Mouthon, Luc ^a,b   André, Marie Hélène ^a   Azorin, Jacques ^a   Couvelard, Anne ^a   Guillevin, Loïc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Myasthenia gravis; Polymyositis; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POLYMYOSITIS; THYMOMA;

AGED; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POLYMYOSITIS; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS GLAND; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032823934     PISSN: 0003410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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