Thymectomy in myasthenia gravis: when, why, and how?

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¹ Sorbonne Université, UPMC Université Paris 6, Paris, France; INSERM U974, Paris, France. Electronic address: sonia.berrih-aknin@upmc.fr.
² Sorbonne Université, UPMC Université Paris 6, Paris, France; INSERM U974, Paris, France; AIM, Institut de Myologie GH Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.

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Sonia Berrih-Aknin et al. Lancet Neurol. 2019 Mar.

. 2019 Mar;18(3):225-226.

doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(18)30467-8. Epub 2019 Jan 25.

¹ Sorbonne Université, UPMC Université Paris 6, Paris, France; INSERM U974, Paris, France. Electronic address: sonia.berrih-aknin@upmc.fr.
² Sorbonne Université, UPMC Université Paris 6, Paris, France; INSERM U974, Paris, France; AIM, Institut de Myologie GH Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.

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Long-term effect of thymectomy plus prednisone versus prednisone alone in patients with non-thymomatous myasthenia gravis: 2-year extension of the MGTX randomised trial.
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