Title: EXTENDED THYMECTOMY BENEFITS PATIENTS WITH MYASTHENIA GRAVIS
Abstract: PURPOSE: Treatment of Myasthenia Gravis includes medical therapies; anticholinesterase agents, immunosuppressive drugs, plasmaphoresis and gammagloubulin, also surgical therapy of a thymectomy. Medical therapies produce a remission rate low as 15%, surgical therapies high as 80%. We will show that early thymectomy relative to the onset of symptoms results in remission or improvement of symtoms of Myasthenia Gravis.
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-10-01
Language: en
Type: article
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