Thymectomy for myasthenia gravis: 12-year experience

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 299-303

  Singh, Rana S ^a   Behera, Sukanta K ^a   Saji, Radhakrishnan ^a   Dhaliwal, Rajinder S ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1242353038     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230301100406     Document Type: Article

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