Myasthenia gravis seven years after removal of an invasive thymoma

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 966-968

  Barritt, Andrew W ^a   Bacsi, Ann M ^b   Tschuchnigg, Mark ^c   Sharpe, David ^b   Kiernan, Matthew C ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Davies Campbell de Lambert Pathology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Invasive thymoma; Myasthenia gravis; Thymectomy

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COGAN SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SCINTISCANNING; SPINDLE CELL; THYMECTOMY; THYMOCYTE; THYMOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASOUND; VISUAL DISORDER; WEAKNESS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67349092257     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.09.016     Document Type: Article

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