Assessment of Robotic Thymectomy Using the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America Guidelines

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1080-1086

  Goldstein, Seth D ^a   Yang, Stephen C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; THYMECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949549516     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.01.038     Document Type: Article

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