Myasthenia gravis with thymoma and autoimmune haemolytic anaemia. A case report

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-36

  Tuncer Elmaci, N ^a   Ratip, S ^b   Ince Gunal D ^a   Tanridag T ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Autoimmune haemolytic anemia; Myasthenia gravis; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

EDROPHONIUM CHLORIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COOMBS TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038107176     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100720300019     Document Type: Article

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