Thymectomy is more effective than conservative treatment for myasthenia gravis regarding outcome and clinical improvement

Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 392-398

  Bachmann, Kai ^a   Burkhardt, Doreen ^a   Schreiter, Inken ^a   Kaifi, Jussuf ^a   Schurr, Paulus ^a   Busch, Christoph ^a   Thayssen, Gunther ^a   Izbicki, Jakob R ^a   Strate, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62349091622     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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