...Yun Jing; Xinxin Liu; Lei Yu; Ran Li Aims: To compare the long-term outcomes of non-thymomatous myasthenia gravis (MG) patients receiving pre-thymectomy (Pre-CS) or post-thymectomy corticosteroid (Post-CS) therapy. Methods: In a retrospective cohort study, 41 patients with MG were treated with Pre...

... or plasmapheresis. Although in the literature thymectomy was accused of the precipitation of SLE, in our series SLE symptoms preceded thymectomy. Conclusion: We would like to point out that MG and SLE being two autoimmune diseases may coexist. This coexistence might cause a more severe myasthenic course compared...

...Hiroshi Kataoka; Takao Kiriyama; Takeshi Kawaguchi; Nobuhiro Sawa; Kazuma Sugie; Hirosei Horikawa; Takashi Tojo; Satoshi Ueno Background: Postoperative respiratory insufficiency (PRI) in myasthenia gravis (MG) often occurs within several days after thymectomy and remains problematic. In limited...

...F. Romi; N.E. Gilhus; J.E. Varhaug; A. Myking; J.A. Aarli Objective: To study the clinical effect of thymectomy in a well-defined early-onset MG subgroup and to correlate it to MG severity, the presence of circulating muscle autoantibodies, and the need for pharmacological treatment in a long-term...

...José Francisco Téllez-Zenteno; Jose María Remes-Troche; Guillermo García-Ramos; Bruno Estañol; Juan Garduño-Espinoza Objective: To identify the response to thymectomy and the factors associated with a poor response, a nested case-control study was performed on 132 patients with an established...