Randomized Trial of Thymectomy in Myasthenia Gravis

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Authors

Gil I. Wolfe · Jacobs (United States)

Henry J. Kaminski · University of Rochester Medical Center

Inmaculada Aban · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Greg Minisman · University of Rochester Medical Center

Hui‐Chien Kuo · University Hospital Heidelberg

Alexander Marx · University Medical Center

Philipp Ströbel

Abstract

Thymectomy improved clinical outcomes over a 3-year period in patients with nonthymomatous myasthenia gravis. (Funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and others; MGTX ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00294658.).

Topics & Keywords

Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma Parkinson's Disease and Spinal Disorders Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 375, Issue 6, pp. 511-522

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1602489

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