HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Personal Folders Download to citation manager Author home page(s): Stephen R. Hazelrigg Permission Requests Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Hazelrigg, S. R. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Hazelrigg, S. R. Related Collections Mediastinum Related Article

---

Original Articles: General Thoracic

Invited commentary

Cardiothoracic Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, School of Medicine, 800 N Rutledge, Room D319, Springfield, IL 62794–9638

(Email: shazelrigg@siumed.edu).

The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below.

This article by Yu and colleagues [1] suggests that oropharyngeal symptoms in myasthenia gravis identify patients with a more advanced disease state. As a consequence of this advanced state, these patients are at an increased risk of postoperative complications . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Related Article

Different Characteristics of Nonthymomatous Generalized Myasthenia Gravis With and Without Oropharyngeal Involvement

Lei Yu, Jianye Li, Shan Ma, Jian Jiang, Tianyou Wang, Ziv Gamliel, Yun Jing, Xiaojun Zhang, and Mark J. Krasna
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2007 84: 1694-1698. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]