Comparison of thymic histology with response to thymectomy in myasthenia gravis
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- 1 October 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 37 (10) , 1139-1145
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.37.10.1139
Abstract
Fifty-four thymus glands removed surgically from patients with myasthenia gravis were examined using an accurate morphometric technique and the data compared with the response to thymectomy. There is a tendency for patients with relatively unreactive thymus glands to obtain a better result from thymectomy but this is not statistically significant.Keywords
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