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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
1
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1983-2-14
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pubmed:abstractText |
Twenty-eight patients with progressive myasthenia gravis without thymoma received treatment of 3000 rads (30 Gy) to the anterior mediastinum, and a followup was conducted for five to 18 years. Twenty-four patients had generalized myasthenia, and four had ocular myasthenia gravis. Twenty patients with generalized myasthenia survived the several month post-treatment period and improved, but four died during that period. The improvement lasted a median of 1.5 years, and older patients had longer remissions than younger patients. The four patients who had ocular myasthenia did not change after treatment. Mediastinal irradiation produces a temporary remission in generalized myasthenia.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Jan
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pubmed:issn |
0033-8419
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
146
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
199-201
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:6849045-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:6849045-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:6849045-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:6849045-Child,
pubmed-meshheading:6849045-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:6849045-Follow-Up Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:6849045-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:6849045-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:6849045-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:6849045-Myasthenia Gravis,
pubmed-meshheading:6849045-Thymus Gland
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pubmed:year |
1983
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Thymus irradiation for myasthenia gravis.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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