Myasthenia gravis: Recommendations for clinical research standards

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 327-334

  Jaretzki III, Alfred ^a   Barohn, Richard J ^b   Ernstoff, Raina M ^c   Kaminski, Henry J ^d   Keesey, John C ^e   Penn, Audrey S ^f   Sanders, Donald B ^g,h  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS GLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034222459     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01595-2     Document Type: Article

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