Discordant thymectomy in identical twins concordant for myasthenia gravis

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 478-479

  Riggs, Kevin R ^a   Gutmann, Laurie ^b   Riggs, Jack E ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; EDROPHONIUM; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ANTIBODY TITER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; LIMB WEAKNESS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TWIN CONCORDANCE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 80053496100     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-155-7-201110040-00016     Document Type: Letter

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