Efficacy and safety of extended thymectomy for elderly patients with myasthenia gravis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1563-1567

  Tsuchida, Masanori ^a   Yamato, Yasushi ^a   Souma, Takahiro ^a   Yoshiya, Katsuo ^a   Watanabe, Takehiro ^a   Aoki, Tadashi ^a   Hayashi, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SAFETY; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS GLAND; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033067712     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00167-8     Document Type: Article

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