Prognostic significance of thymomas in patients with myasthenia gravis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1658-1662

  De Perrot, Marc ^c   Liu, Jiang ^c   Bril, Vera ^c   McRae, Karen ^c   Bezjak, Andrea ^c   Keshavjee, Shaf H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036839831     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04083-3     Document Type: Article

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