Video-assisted thoracic surgery thymectomy for nonthymomatous myasthenia gravis

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Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 3454-3460

  Manlulu, Anthony ^a   Lee, Tak Wai ^a   Wan, Innes ^a   Law, Chun Yat ^a   Chang, Carlin ^a   Garzon, Juan Carlos ^a   Yim, Anthony ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive surgery; Myasthenia gravis; Thymectomy; Video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; THORAX SURGERY; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS ATROPHY; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28144461644     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.5.3454     Document Type: Article

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