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Case Reports
. 1981 Feb;141(2):253-5.

Development of systemic lupus erythematosus after thymectomy for myasthenia gravis. Studies of suppressor cell function

L H Calabrese, J F Bach, T Currie, D Vidt, J Clough, R S Krakauer
  • PMID: 6450575
Case Reports

Development of systemic lupus erythematosus after thymectomy for myasthenia gravis. Studies of suppressor cell function

L H Calabrese et al. Arch Intern Med. 1981 Feb.

Abstract

Systemic lupus erythematosus developed in an 18-year-old man three years after thymectomy for myasthenia gravis. The patient had considerable defects in suppressor cell function that seemed to be partially reversed in vitro by the addition of thymic hormone.

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