Long-term evaluation of extended thymectomy with anterior mediastinal dissection for myasthenia gravis

Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 774-780

  Stern, Lawrence E ^a   Nussbaum, Michael S ^a   Quinlan, John G ^a   Fischer, Josef E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYMECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 0034794063     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/msy.2001.116674     Document Type: Article

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