Long-term follow-up after thymectomy for myasthenia gravis: Thoracoscopic vs open

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 50-54

  Wagner, Amy J ^a   Cortes, Raul A ^a   Strober, Jonathan ^a   Grethel, Erich J ^a   Clifton, Matthew S ^a   Harrison, Michael R ^a   Farmer, Diana L ^a   Nobuhara, Kerilyn K ^a   Lee, Hanmin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Myasthenia gravis; Thoracoscopic; Thymectomy

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OPERATION DURATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STERNOTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 30444444400     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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