Predictors of outcome for myasthenia gravis after thymectomy

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 323-327

  El Medany, Yasser ^a   Hajjar, Waseem ^a   Essa, Mohamed ^a   Al Kattan, Khaled ^a   Hariri, Zohair ^a   Ashour, Mahmoud ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISOLONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ECTOPIC TISSUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1242353027     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230301100411     Document Type: Article

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