Appearance of thymoma 15 years after extended thymectomy for myasthenia gravis without thymoma

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 479-481

  Hirabayashi, Hirohisa ^a   Ohta, Mitsunori ^a   Okumura, Meinoshin ^a   Matsuda, Hikaru ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extended thymectomy; Myasthenia gravis; Recurrence; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TIME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036768813     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00307-X     Document Type: Article

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