Different Characteristics of Nonthymomatous Generalized Myasthenia Gravis With and Without Oropharyngeal Involvement

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1694-1698

  Yu, Lei ^a   Li, Jianye ^a   Ma, Shan ^a   Jiang, Jian ^a   Wang, Tianyou ^b   Gamliel, Ziv ^c   Jing, Yun ^a   Zhang, Xiaojun ^a   Krasna, Mark J ^c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing Youyi Hospital   (China)

^c St Joseph Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OROPHARYNX DISEASE; PHARYNX DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; THORACOSCOPY; THYMECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OROPHARYNX; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 35348877392     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.06.043     Document Type: Article

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