Randomized trial of thymectomy in myasthenia gravis

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences/SUNY, Buffalo, NY, USA.
² Department of Neurology, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington DC, USA.
³ Section of General Thoracic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.

Comment

Gil I Wolfe et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Dec.

. 2016 Dec;8(12):E1782-E1783.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.12.80.

¹ Department of Neurology, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences/SUNY, Buffalo, NY, USA.
² Department of Neurology, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington DC, USA.
³ Section of General Thoracic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

A crucial first randomized controlled trial of thymectomy in non-thymomatous myasthenia gravis.
Bourque PR, Warman Chardon J. Bourque PR, et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Oct;8(10):E1375-E1378. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.10.15. J Thorac Dis. 2016. PMID: 27867633 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Commentary on "Randomized trial of thymectomy in myasthenia gravis".
Tzankov A. Tzankov A. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Oct;8(10):E1420-E1422. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.10.03. J Thorac Dis. 2016. PMID: 27867646 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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