Effectiveness of prethymectomy plasmaphersis on the short-term outcome of non-thymomatous generalized myasthenia gravis

Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 161-168

  Kamel, Amr ^a   Essa, Mohamed ^a  

^a ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REMISSION; THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 64549158059     PISSN: 11101083     EISSN: 16878329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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