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Neurology, 2021 Objectives To determine whether the available operative techniques for thymectomy in myasthenia gravis (MG) confer variable chances for achieving complete stable remission (CSR), we performed a meta-analysis of comparative studies of surgical approaches ...
Paola Solis-Pazmino +6 more
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The dilemma of thymectomy in myasthenia gravis
Apollo Medicine, 2020 Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease that affects the neuromuscular junction causing fluctuating weakness of skeletal muscles. It is considered a rare disease with an estimated prevalence of 7.77/100,000.
Pushpendra Nath Renjen +2 more
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Prevalence and risk factors of myasthenia gravis recurrence post-thymectomy
Neurosciences, 2021 Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence and the factors associated with recurrence of myasthenia gravis following thymectomy. Methods: Six electronic databases which reported on recurrence of myasthenia gravis following thymectomy and/or its risk factors ...
Fatmah Alqarni +7 more
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Thoracic Cancer, 2023 Background Myasthenia gravis (MG) patients are reported to have a high risk of other autoimmune diseases (ADs), and thymectomy may increase the risk further.
Wenxin Tian +9 more
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Medically resistant juvenile myasthenia gravis following thymectomy: Role for FDG PET/CT
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2020 Thymectomy is part of a multimodal treatment strategy for juvenile myasthenia gravis. Symptoms that persist following thymectomy may be due to residual or ectopic thymic tissue.
Florence Ngu +6 more
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European multicentre study on outcome of surgery for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism
BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020 Some 5861 patients undergoing first‐time surgery for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism were registered in the Eurocrine® database between 2015 and 2018. The use of intraoperative parathyroid hormone measurement decreased the risk of conversion and persistent hypercalcaemia.
A. Bergenfelz +3 more
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Thoracic Cancer, 2021 Background Thymoma‐associated myasthenia gravis (TAMG) is one of the subtypes of myasthenia gravis with autoantibodies against the acetylcholine receptor (AChR‐Ab).
Anna De Rosa +9 more
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Thymectomy for myasthenia gravis: Video-assisted versus transsternal
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2014 Thymectomy may benefit patients with generalized myasthenia gravis (MG) or myasthenia with thymomas. Currently, video-assisted (VA) thoracic surgery is popular and plays an important role in thymectomy.
Chien-Ming Lo +4 more
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Regulation of autoimmunity and donor cell engraftment by recipient Lyt-2+ cells during the graft-versus-host reaction. [PDF]
, 1987 When lymphocytes from DBA/2 mice are transferred to (C57BL X DBA/2)F1 (BDF1) mice, the ensuing graft-vs.-host reaction (GVHR) causes an autoimmune illness resembling human SLE.
Harper, SE, Roubinian, JR, Seaman, WE
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