Outcomes After 151 Extended Transcervical Thymectomies for Myasthenia Gravis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1863-1869

  Shrager, Joseph B ^a   Nathan, Derek ^a   Brinster, Clayton J ^a   Yousuf, Omair ^a   Spence, Abraham ^a   Chen, Zhen ^a   Kaiser, Larry R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

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

EID: 33750036402     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.05.110     Document Type: Article

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