Randomized Trial of Thymectomy in Myasthenia Gravis.

I Wolfe, Gil; J Kaminski, Henry; B Aban, Inmaculada; Minisman, Greg; Kuo, Hui-Chien; Marx, Alexander; Ströbel, Philipp; Mazia, Claudio; Oger, Joel; Gabriel Cea, J; M Heckmann, Jeannine; Evoli, Amelia; Nix, Wilfred; Ciafaloni, Emma; Antonini, Giovanni; Witoonpanich, Rawiphan; O King, John; R Beydoun, Said; H Chalk, Colin; C Barboi, Alexandru; A Amato, Anthony; I Shaibani, Aziz; Katirji, Bashar; R F Lecky, Bryan; Buckley, Camilla; Vincent, Angela; Dias-Tosta, Elza; Yoshikawa, Hiroaki; Waddington-Cruz, Márcia; T Pulley, Michael; H Rivner, Michael; Kostera-Pruszczyk, Anna; M Pascuzzi, Robert; E Jackson, Carlayne; S Garcia Ramos, Guillermo; J G M Verschuuren, Jan; M Massey, Janice; T Kissel, John; C Werneck, Lineu; Benatar, Michael; J Barohn, Richard; Tandan, Rup; Mozaffar, Tahseen; Conwit, Robin; Odenkirchen, Joanne; R Sonett, Joshua; Jaretzki, Alfred; Newsom-Davis, John; R Cutter, Gary; Study Group, MGTX

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1602489

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Randomized Trial of Thymectomy in Myasthenia Gravis.

Published in The New England journal of medicine • Aug 11, 2016

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Authors:

Gil I Wolfe

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Henry J Kaminski

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Inmaculada B Aban

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Thymectomy has been a mainstay in the treatment of myasthenia gravis, but there is no conclusive evidence of its benefit. We conducted a multicenter, randomized trial comparing thymectomy plus prednisone with prednisone alone. METHODS: We compared extended transsternal thymectomy plus al...

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