Extended transsternal thymectomy for the treatment of ocular myasthenia gravis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1993-1999

  Liu, Zhenguo ^a   Feng, Huiyu ^a   Yeung, Sai Ching J ^b   Zheng, Ziyu ^a   Liu, Weibin ^a   Ma, Jun ^a   Zhong, Fo Tian ^a   Luo, Honghe ^a   Cheng, Chao ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTENDED TRANSSTERNAL THYMECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OCULAR MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; STERNUM; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 81855185006     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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