Factors influencing the outcome of transsternal thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 108-114

  Huang, C S ^a   Hsu, Han Shui ^a,b   Huang, B S ^a   Lee, H C ^a   Kao, K P ^a   Hsu, W H ^a   Huang, M H ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Myasthenia gravis; Prognosis; Thymectomy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; EYE DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; STEROID THERAPY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TRANSSTERNAL THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; STEROIDS; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS GLAND; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22344440494     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2005.00424.x     Document Type: Review

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