Effect of thymectomy on blood T-cell subsets in myasthenia gravis
- 1 March 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Annals of Neurology
- Vol. 19 (3) , 297-298
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.410190314
Abstract
We studied peripheral blood mononuclear T-cell subsets in 23 patients with myasthenia gravis who had undergone thymectomy at least one year before study. An increase in the T4+/T8+ (helper-inducer/suppressor-cytotoxic cell) ratio was seen, similar to that previously reported in nonthymectomized patients with myasthenia gravis. Six patients were studied before and after thymectomy and no consistent alteration in the pattern of T-cell subsets was detected. We were not able to demonstrate a quantitative effect of thymectomy on peripheral blood mononuclear T-cell subsets in patients with myasthenia gravis.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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