Rare association of thymoma, myasthenia gravis and sarcoidosis : A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kurukumbi, Mohankumar ^a   Weir, Roger L ^a   Kalyanam, Janaki ^a   Nasim, Mansoor ^a   Jayam Trouth, Annapurni ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NAPROXEN; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPOXEMIA; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUNG BIOPSY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SARCOIDOSIS; THYMOMA;

EID: 49249134294     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-245     Document Type: Article

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