Anxiety and depression in thymoma patients in China before surgery
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2022 Background The study's goal was to investigate the percentage of anxiety and depression in Chinese thymoma patients before surgery, and also the factors that influence it.
Jiaduo Li, Guoyan Qi, Yaling Liu
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Meta-analysis of subxiphoid approach versus lateral approach for thoracoscopic Thymectomy
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2020 Background Compared with traditional open surgery for thymectomy, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) reduces hospital stay, decreases postoperative pain, and recovers faster. VATS has become increasingly popular in the past decade.
Jiaduo Li +4 more
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Long-term efficacy and safety of eculizumab in Japanese patients with generalized myasthenia gravis : a subgroup analysis of the REGAIN open-label extension study [PDF]
, 2019 The terminal complement inhibitor eculizumab was shown to improve myasthenia gravis-related symptoms in the 26-week, phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled REGAIN study (NCT01997229).
De Bleecker, Jan +12 more
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A phase 3 multicenter, prospective, open-label efficacy and safety study of immune globulin (human) 10% caprylate/chromatography purified in patients with myasthenia gravis exacerbations [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disorder affecting neuromuscular transmission. Exacerbations may involve increasing bulbar weakness and/or sudden respiratory failure, both of which can be critically disabling.
Ayguasanosa, J +17 more
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Autoimmunity, 2004 Myasthenia gravis is a disorder of neuromuscular transmission, manifest by variable weakness of skeletal muscle. The disorder has a range of therapies that differ with respect to efficacy, timing, and side effects. The physician treating myasthenia gravis must be well versed in understanding the evidence basis for using these agents, as well as the ...
Vincent, A, Rothwell, P
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Zhongliu Fangzhi Yanjiu, 2021 Objective To evaluate the correlation of prognostic nutritional index(PNI) with overall survival of postoperative patients with thymoma. Methods The clinical and pathological data of 173 postoperative patients with thymoma were analyzed retrospectively ...
WANG Yan +3 more
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Synaptic plasticity and cognitive function are disrupted in the absence of Lrp4. [PDF]
, 2014 Lrp4, the muscle receptor for neuronal Agrin, is expressed in the hippocampus and areas involved in cognition. The function of Lrp4 in the brain, however, is unknown, as Lrp4-/- mice fail to form neuromuscular synapses and die at birth.
Burden, Steven J +2 more
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Outcomes after major surgery in patients with myasthenia gravis: A nationwide matched cohort study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 To validate the comprehensive features of adverse outcomes after surgery for patients with myasthenia gravis.Using reimbursement claims from Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database, we analyzed 2290 patients who received major surgery ...
Yi-Wen Chang +7 more
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 ObjectiveTo investigate the effect of Fufang Huangqi Decoction on the gut microbiota in patients with class I or II myasthenia gravis (MG) and to explore the correlation between gut microbiota and MG (registration number, ChiCTR2100048367; registration ...
Yanghong Chen +9 more
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Unraveling the role of ectopic thymic tissue in patients undergoing thymectomy for myasthenia gravis [PDF]
, 2019 Extended thymectomy has been considered the goal of surgery for myasthenia gravis (MG) mainly due to the existence of ectopic thymic tissue. Recently, ectopic thymic tissue has attracted increasing attention in patients with MG following thymectomy ...
Bauer, Gero +9 more
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