Surgical outcome in thymic tumors with myasthenia gravis after plasmapheresis - A comparative study

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1007-1010

  Sarkar, Binay Krishna ^a,b   Sengupta, Pratim ^a   Sarkar, Uday Narayan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Myasthenia gravis; Plasmapheresis; Thymic tumors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THYMOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; STEROIDS; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349099188     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2007.170894     Document Type: Article

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