Extended transcervical thymectomy in the treatment of myasthenia gravis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1132, Issue , 2008, Pages 336-343

  Khicha, Sanjay G ^a   Kaiser, Larry R ^a   Shrager, Joseph B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive; Myasthenia gravis; Surgical procedures; Thymectomy; Thymus gland; Thymus hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; REMISSION; STERNOTOMY; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA;

EID: 45249100014     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1405.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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