Predictors of outcome in thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 197-202

  Budde, Jason M ^a   Morris, Cullen D ^a   Gal, Anthony A ^a   Mansour, Kamal A ^a   Miller Jr , Joseph I ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034946254     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02678-9     Document Type: Article

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