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Ann Thorac Surg 1996;62:245
© 1996 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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See also page 242.

DR JOEL D. COOPER (St. Louis, MO): This is a great paper. I would say the main message, as I think all of us who have been involved in these cases are convinced, is that if you have myasthenia gravis you ought to have your thymus gland out and you ought to have it out as soon as possible, except perhaps for the group with ocular symptoms only, who are controversial. That goes for patients up to the age of 50 years. I think it is interesting to see the results in . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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