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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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Identification of genetic risk loci and prioritization of genes and pathways for myasthenia gravis : a genome-wide association study [PDF]
, 2022 Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by autoantibody-mediated interference of signal transmission across the neuromuscular junction.
Tienari, Pentti J. +5 more
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Is chest tube drainage necessary after subxiphoid thoracoscopic thymectomy?
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2020 Background Subxiphoid thoracoscopic thymectomy has been increasingly performed in recent years. This study aimed to assess the differences in outcomes between subxiphoid thoracoscopic thymectomy with and without chest tube drainage.
Jiaduo Li +3 more
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Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022 Myasthenia gravis is an organ-specific autoimmune disease. Currently there is no universal guidelines for childhood-onset myasthenia gravis, therefore, treatment strategies are usually based on the guidelines from adult myasthenia gravis patients.
Lifen Yang +6 more
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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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Chronic mimics of myasthenia gravis: a retrospective case series
, 2023 Myasthenia gravis often presents a diagnostic challenge and may be misdiagnosed, particularly in seronegative disease with active symptoms. We retrospectively evaluated 61 patients following the introduction of single fibre electromyography at our ...
Winkel, Antony +2 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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