A patient with giant cell myocarditis and myositis associated with thymoma and myasthenia gravis

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 496-499

  Sato, Hideki ^a   Iwasaki, Eisuke ^a   Nogawa, Shigeru ^a   Suzuki, Shigeaki ^a   Amano, Takahiro ^a   Fukuuchi, Yasuo ^a   Shimoda, Masayuki ^a   Okada, Yasunori ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Giant cell myocarditis; Giant cell myositis; Myasthenia gravis; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; TACROLIMUS; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR DISSOCIATION; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL INFILTRATION; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FATIGUE; GIANT CELL; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOCARDITIS; MYOSITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THYMOMA;

GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOCARDITIS; MYOSITIS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0242493018     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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