A crucial first randomized controlled trial of thymectomy in non-thymomatous myasthenia gravis

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada;; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada;; The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
² Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada;; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada;; The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada;; Division of Genetics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada.

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Pierre R Bourque et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Oct.

. 2016 Oct;8(10):E1375-E1378.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.10.15.

¹ Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada;; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada;; The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
² Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada;; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada;; The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada;; Division of Genetics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Randomized Trial of Thymectomy in Myasthenia Gravis.
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