Thymoma and myasthenia gravis: A clinical study of 1,089 patients from Japan

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 219-224

  Kondo, Kazuya ^a   Monden, Yasumasa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; THYMOMA; THYMUS SURGERY;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11144349092     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.06.090     Document Type: Article

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