Myasthenia gravis with thymoma is more common in the Maori and Pacific Island populations in New Zealand

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 206-210

  Fink, John N ^a,c   Wallis, W E ^a   Haydock, D A ^b  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Maori; Myasthenia gravis; Polynesian; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034960966     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-5994.2001.00033.x     Document Type: Article

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