Management of Myasthenic Patients with Thymoma

Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-57

  Zieliński, Marcin ^a  

^a PULMONARY HOSPITAL   (Poland)

Author keywords

Mediastinum; Myasthenia gravis; Surgery; Thymoma; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND CANCER; STERNOTOMY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PLASMAPHERESIS; REMISSION INDUCTION; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78149418159     PISSN: 15474127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2010.08.009     Document Type: Review

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