Video-assisted thoracoscopic extended thymectomy and extended transsternal thymectomy (T-3b) in non-thymomatous myasthenia gravis patients: Remission after 6 years of follow-up

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 212, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 31-36

  Mantegazza, Renato ^a   Baggi, Fulvio ^a   Bernasconi, Pia ^a   Antozzi, Carlo ^a   Confalonieri, Paolo ^a   Novellino, Lorenzo ^b   Spinelli, Luisella ^b   Ferrò, Maria Teresa ^c   Beghi, Ettore ^d,e   Cornelio, Ferdinando ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b Policlinico S Pietro   (Italy)

^c MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Myasthenia gravis; Predictive factors; Thymectomy; Thymus; Video assisted thoracoscopic extended thymectomy (VATET)

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMISSION; THORACOSCOPY; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20244384530     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(03)00087-X     Document Type: Article

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