Outcomes after thymectomy in class i myasthenia gravis

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1319-1324

  Mineo, Tommaso Claudio ^a   Ambrogi, Vincenzo ^a  

^a TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC THYROID GLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMINAL CENTER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; STERNOTOMY; THYMECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THYMECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876418565     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.12.053     Document Type: Article

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