Prognostic factors of myasthenic crisis after extended thymectomy in patients with generalized myasthenia gravis

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 86, Issue 39, 2006, Pages 2737-2740

  Liu, Wei Bin ^a   Men, Li Na ^a   Tang, Bai Yun ^a   Huang, Ru Xun ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Myasthenia Gravis; Postoperative myasthenic crisis; Thymectomy

Indexed keywords

PYRIDOSTIGMINE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CHILD; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MYASTHENIA; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 33845880865     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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